1. 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

2. 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

3. 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…

4. 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

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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

6. 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?

7. Time When What are the time settings described in the passage?
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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

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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.”?

9. 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.