Does the setting of a story influence your evaluation of events that will happen in it? Where or when it takes place can create a mood and also give some fareshadowing. Paying close attention to these details can help the reader pick out unnoticed details. Setting can also create a psychological state. One can find examples of this in stories written by Ernest Hemingway and Edgar Allen Poe. The setting in Ernest Hemingway's story "The …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 766 total…it will foreshadow events that will take place. It also creates a geographical state for the reader. Therefore, the importance of the reader picking out these details is great, since it will help his or her evaluation of the story. Ernest Hemingway and Edgar Allen Poe pay careful attention to these details. The reader has only to pay as close attention as the writer in order to receive a greater understanding of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**