Setting: an approach for paper 2(based on Veronica) Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 Setting: an approach for paper 2(based on Veronica) Monday, 09 December 2019

How might setting be used? Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 How might setting be used? A main focus: Explore the different settings of…. As relevant to a specific character or theme

Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 What is setting? Time (ERA)- the historical moment in time in which a novel or play is set. Time (day) Location Material relating to the “sociocultural” location of the text Mini settings: precise location, weather, buildings, rooms…

Identify the significant settings in a text Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 Identify the significant settings in a text Village/Town Water from the stream Together by the stream Chopped firewood Squalor Crawling with disease Acute poverty In the same hut After the war: It was dark inside Huddled on a mat on the ground Carried her body down to the stream

Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 character and setting Okeke leaves the village. There is no description of the town. How is setting used to define his character and to show his development? What does he say about his attitude to the village as an adult ? Comment character I lacked the time… I lacked the inclination Nothing ever changed … were obliged to put in some time… I was shocked by what I found I had never imagined anything like it

As time passes, what also “keeps on rollin’ alon’”? Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 As time passes, what also “keeps on rollin’ alon’”? How is the stream used in this passage? Through the story, the stream is used as a marker of time passing. What are the key events that take place at the stream? The stream marks a boundary to the village – (liminality). In what way is it used to show that Veronika is never able to move outside her poverty-driven, female life?

Time When What are the time settings described in the passage? Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 Time When What are the time settings described in the passage? Okeke narrative Locations used symbolism We had grown up stream Water - life ? 12 yrs old Endless questions 18 yrs old Throws paper which floats away 28 yrs Squalor/hut Peered at me through streaming eyes 31 yrs Hut/ Stream Watched the flow of the stream

Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 Indoors or out? How is the interior of the hut used to develop the distance between the characters? Make a list of the descriptive material relating to the interior. Is there a pattern? Out can include out of the village. Can you find evidence to support this statement: “It is the village which suffocates Veronica. Okeke succeeds in life because he is able to get out of the village.”?

Jonathan Peel JLS 2016 Now its your turn You can apply these ideas to any set text you are reading: OMAM, and all the short stories in the anthology. Make this part of your regular thought process about all texts you read.