Each novel has a setting or multiple settings. How does your author create images of the setting? If you had to describe the time/place of when your novel takes place, how would you do this? Does the author use the setting to help develop the plot in your book? What particular images does the author create that are memorable? Is there a particular scene you can visualize, and why is this image so vivid?
**In response to the blogs, try to make connections with your novel's setting. How is your setting similar to that of other books?
Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy has two main settings. One is on the ship, and the other is on the ancient planet. The ship is described as an odd shape with odd geometric shapes inside. The setting on the ship has no effect on the pot of the book. On the other hand, the setting of the ancient planet sets the mood for the book. It is described as very dank and dusty, a sort of barren wasteland with thin, tinted air. This also leads to some foreshadowing in that the events following the discovery of the ancient planet are not good, as they nearly get caught and Arthur nearly gets killed. The most memorable part of my book is when they go into the room where earth 2 is being created. It is terrible hard to imagine as one cannot quite imagine a wall that spans over light years, but I can imagine the earth being created in the center of the room. They are mid-way through creating the planet, so they have just begun putting in the dinosaur bones. I can imagine the dusty yellow of rock being laid down as thousands of humanoids zip around laying down a layer of the earth. It is hard to imagine something so immense, but in trying to do so, this image stands out to me the most.
ReplyDeleteYour book is not really like mine but it seems like a very far fetched book. Not a whole lot of connections between your book and mine but one that I can find is that there is probably quite a few questions that you had unanswered at the end of the book.
DeleteIn the book Wonder I would guess that the time took place in today's generation because the book literally hasn't been around that long. The authors imagery helps make that assumption because everything that happens in the book happen in today's world. I would say the setting helps develop the plot and I say this because if August didn't start going to school, he wouldn't be as confident as he is by the end of the book plus he would still have all the people not accepting him for who he is they would continue to judge him by his appearance. The most memorable imagery in the book is at the end when everyone was talking to him and giving high fives and then they had a fifth-grade graduation ceremony and August got a gold metal award and everyone stood up and were clapping, screaming and whistling also August friend Jack got everyone in the crowd to chant August name. The author made it easy to picture that scene.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Killing mr. griffin and in my book there is a girl called susan and in the beginning she wasn't popular at all but then a group of people started talking to her just to convince her to join their plan. And of course she joined because she liked the attention she got and finally she could talk to her crush. Overall i would say the group had bad influence on her.
Deletewell my book took place in the 90s and charlie sounds the the girl that wonted to talk to her crush
DeleteA small part of my book is the same in that it takes place in present time. This makes it a little bit more relatable but not by much, as my book takes place in the deepest corners of the universe. I guess that like in your book, I can see all of this being real, no matter how far out there it is.
DeleteMy book is the same I can tell that its in todays time because I can picture how modern this family's house is.
DeleteIn the book Killing Mr. Griffin, the author, Lois Duncan, wrote that after a group of students kidnapped their English teacher in the parking lot at school, they took him to a secret place in the mountains where they tried to scare him so they can get better grades. The plan was to let him free after he begged, but he didn’t do that so they left him up there in the mountains for a few more hours. But it didn’t go as planned. Mr. Griffin died up there in the mountains and the kids buried his body. I imagine this pace not only on a sunny day, the grass is green butterflies are flying around and you can hear a waterfall, but also at night where you have to use a flashlight, almost everything is black and you have to watch out so you won’t take the wrong path.
ReplyDeleteit sound like a interesting read with a unsuspected out come
DeleteWhen reading my book, it was also completely out of no where. I expected it to be about one thing, then the earth was blown up, and the thing I expected to be in the book only appeared right before the end. I can also relate to my book in a small way, because I can only dream of the imagery in my book. Everything seems so surreal but I can still see it at the same time.
DeleteWOW your book seems very intergetic and moving! Crazy to think how kids could think kidnapping their teacher would give them better grades
Deleteyour book seems interesting
DeleteThis seems like a really interesting story and i feel like it be a good read, mystery books were always pretty good.
Deleteas you have been talking about this book i though it has been very intriguing all parts of it from beginning to end.
Deletethe author of my book does a good job describing the setting of comerica park. he talks about the green grass and perfect lime infield. i can describe this place very well because i have been there many times too see the tigers play. so this books setting is very cool too me because ive been there many times.
ReplyDeleteI like it when a author describes a portion of the book in such great detail that you can imagine being there.
DeleteIts cool when an author describes a place in great detail in there book and you have been there before so you feel like your back at that place.
Deleteits really cool that you can make that connection to your book having been to one of its main settings and having memories there. How / why is the setting important to the characters in your book ?
Deletei like when an author puts in so much detail that you can almost feel like your their and you were their so it brings u back to that field
DeleteIs there anything that the author did that made you really picture a scene besides the Tigers stadium?
Deletein my book perks of being a wallflower the settings are at home at a party and in the car the mood changes drastically do to charlies emotional roller coaster the most memberalle image for charlie is when he was in the back of the pick up going by all the lights in the tunnel he felt invinsable that is the most visale for me to see
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! this book is one that i have always wanted to read!!
DeleteI have read perks of being a wall flower and I agree that scene is very memorable and easy to visualize
DeleteIt must feel good for the character to feel invincible. Is he a happy guy that he feels so invincible at that time or is he a shy person?
Deletei am a more visual person and it just makes the books so much better when you can visualize what happens in your book
DeleteIn my book fast break it starts off when the main character Jayson is living on his own in the bad side of town with a really trashy apartment and it creates a sense of sadness because there is this middle school kid living on his own. Then when he goes into foster care he gets to live with people who are really rich and when he first gets in the new house he is speechless because of how nice it is and the way he describes that scene in the book its crazy because Jayson doesnt even know what to say.
ReplyDeleteit looks like Jayson life changed a lot after he got into foster care. It seems like he really appreciate it that he has the chance to live in a nice house.
DeleteThat would be kind of crazy having those two extremes in your life in such a short period of time. The main character in your books is kind of like mine except mine is adopted and doesn't know who his birth parents are and he is lost in time so its a little more far fetched than your book.
DeleteDoes the setting significantly change who he is as a person? What was your favorite setting in the book?
Deletethat would suck to have your life change so much like that so fast hopefully his life gets easier at the end.
DeleteIt sounds like a pretty good book about growing up as a person
DeleteIn my book Found, the author margaret peterson haddix. Is very descriptive when Jonah, the main character. Goes to a different place the author describes what Jonah sees. In detail when he first walked into chips basement for the first time he described all what he was seeing. At the end of the book there was a scene where the two kidnappers were making each kid put there hand on the rock saying there was a big degree difference. But they were actually scanning the kids hands to make sure they were one of the thirty-six. The author made that scene really easy to see in my brain, its so vivid because its a powerful time in the book when the kids are trying to get kidnapped.
ReplyDeleteWhen a book is well descriptive and it involves bad guys they are more interesting to read and for me it pulls me in to not want to put the book down.
DeleteI love reading books when you can see what happens. it just makes the books so much better.
Deletethis book sounds interesting and i really like the way the author describes the imagery
DeleteOne setting that I think the author describes very well is the stadium it sounds like the centerpiece of the town. I the imagery that he portrays about the field is amazing it sounds very expensive and very detailed. Another place that he describes is the town of Odessa which reminds me about a small town the revolves around football. The song country nation by brad paisley is what comes to mind when I think about Odessa.
ReplyDeleteIn the book The Maze Runner i feel like the title is based on a fiction the main setting is in a maze and a safe spot in the maze and there is a half monster and half robot chasing them i think the book has a good plot
ReplyDeleteSounds scary, like it shouldnt belong in the teens section.
Deletedoes the author describe the maze good? it sounds like a scary book.
Deletedoes the author do a good job of imaginig the scene in the book?
DeleteMy book takes place in a small town along the water called marble-head in Essex county Massachusetts . The time period is late 90's through early 2000's . The author does a good job creating an image of the setting through describing the surroundings . The author definitely uses the setting as part of the plot . The setting is part of the plot because it effects the characters like Tess , Tess is a sailor so being near water and where she can do that is important otherwise she would be different . One part of the book that was very visual to me was the part where Tess was in her boat during a big storm . The author did a good creating the scene with describing the conditions of the storm and also talking about what Tess was feeling and how scared she was .
ReplyDeleteIs the setting just on the water, or does she go to land too? Why is she out on the water?
DeleteMy book also does a really good job explaining the setting through the surroundings because it walks about the weather and connect it to the characters moods.
DeleteIn the book lone stars I feel like the time period is recent. the one main setting is the football filed most of the book takes place there.when the main charter got hit on the football field he got scared to play football again the author described it so good it was like your almost sitting in the bleachers watching the game.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a very intersting book. Ill ave to check it out sometime.
Deletethats good the author made you feel like you were sitting in the bleachers that is very cool when that happens.
DeleteIts very interesting how he made it feel like you were there i wonder if the main character ever was the same after being hit that hard.
DeleteThat sounds like a good book and it seems very interesting
Deletesounds like it really brings you in the book
DeleteIn my book it has a specific setting! the author uses alot of ways to create image of the setting. First he uses description to describe not only the looks of the town but the politics of the town and kind of the worldly view of the town. He also uses the characters traits to describe the city by using Amir's talents as ways to insert visualization. For example, Amir loves to kite race and throughout the kite race tournament Amir saw the crowds watching from the rooftops and the streets packed with children. The setting in my book is not only the image of a town but the community of the town as well.
ReplyDeleteWhen i read that part about the boys in the kite race, I pictured thousands and thousands of people watching on roof tops.
Deletein my book fallen angels the book takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. The author is very good at imagery and showing the environment over there. He shows how humid it is and and he talks a lot about the jungle and the plants. The author is very good at putting an image in your head of the setting. Or even the battles or the gore in the book also makes you imagine being there in vietnam in this time.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book Id like. I like reading about wars and everything and wanna hear what it sounds like to be in war.
DeleteAnything in about the Vietnam war is usually described very vividly.
DeleteIn my book, Before i Fall, the setting is mainly at the school or at the party. The book takes place in the 2000's. The setting of my book is definitely important to the plot because if Sam decided to go to a different area, the whole plot twists and changes. The one setting that stands out the most to me, is Kent's house during the party. There is always something that happens there and it helps the plot develop.
ReplyDeleteI can also relate to if the character went to a different area the whole plot would be changed.
DeleteIn my book The Lovely Bones the author creates images of the setting by telling it through Susie's eyes while she's in heaven. If I had to guess the time of when this story took place I would say in the 80s or 90s just because of how the clothes and her school is described. The author creates a lot of memorable images in the book but one of them that stands out is when Susie is explaining how Mr. Harvey cut up her body into pieces. I visualize that scene but I also visualize the part where he puts her body into a safe and throughs it into the garbage pit.
ReplyDeleteMy novel kind of relates to yours because it also once in awhile is seen through Cullens eyes and other characters eyes and i think the setting would also be in the 80s or 90s
DeleteWhat are some other things that you can visualize in the book?
DeleteThat seems disturbing to read how he cut her body up.
DeleteIn my book Where Things Come Back he uses chapters to change the setting, like chapter 1 is in Lily Arkansas with a guy named Cullen and chapter 2 its Benton on some missionary thing and it bounces to setting to setting and would explain where they're at.
ReplyDeleteMy book is kind of similar. The author uses different characters to describe the setting in different chapters.
DeleteSounds a little confusing.
DeleteIn my book fire starter. I can picture the farm that its run down. I see the farm being like all old wooded with a bunch of cracks and holes in the wood. I think the farm is where the whole story is gonna change and its gonna rely on the farm for safe spots because all the characters know about it.
ReplyDeleteWhat time of place would you think it would be in?
DeleteWhy is the farm such a safe spot? Does it have a connection to any of the characters or do they just know about it.
DeleteIt seems like the book gives you good visuals
Deletethis book must be really good at setting the scene.
DeleteIn my book Johnny got his gun there is a lot of settings that the author describes. It bounces around between the character being in his hospital bed for a large part, but he also is either camping in the woods with his dad, working on the railroad, or finally as of now he was working at a bakery. The author is very good at describing what the character sees and smells and how the character feels. He is great at describing the injures that Joe had received while working with the railroad. Overall it is a very descriptive book right now.
ReplyDeleteDoes he describe how the hospital rooms/woods look or during what time all this happens?
DeleteMy book dwells within the depths of the Moscow Metro tunnels. The way the author describes the setting is somewhat vivid. He talks about how old everything looks after the bombs dropped 20 years prior. Everything is makeshift and salvaged rubble from whatever people could grab. Darkness is a key factor, keeping people in check of their fears of the unknown. It is mostly described as a black hole, as many things go through the unlit tunnel systems never return. I remember the book described the remnants of a charred Tent city, where many tarps burned the people who lived in them, charred bodies stuck to the plastic and canvas, and screams echoed throughout the tunnels for months. The author can vividly describe a scene or not describe it very well like its a story, since the main character hasn't really been to many places and ventured out into the harsh tunnels.
ReplyDeleteYour book seems like it has some pretty scary parts in it, the author seems like that he knows what hes doing when it comes to describing things to the reader.
DeleteIn my book For Whom The Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway describes the scenery in the surrounding Spanish mountains in a very descriptive and captivating way. His word choice describes the color of the sky to the grayness of the mountainside in such a visual way that you can easily imagine what it would look like. If i were to make someone aware of what time period they were in i would put in old land,mars looking new relative to the time period and the mode of transportation relative as well.
ReplyDeleteIn my book if i stay the setting in the novel is mostly in the hospital because she got in a car accident and is now in a coma. the author does a good job describing the hospital because you can kind of see the story as you are reading. the authors word choice makes you picture how she is laying in the hospital. the image i keep saying is her layin there in the bed with her boyfriend next to her and she decides to live and squeezes his hand and wakes up from the coma.
ReplyDeleteI am reading prodigy and the way they describe the scenery is by the character June. June describes everything around her because she is a soldier. She also counts the in her head to see how long something takes. Most places that June goes are really easy to understand because she describes them so well. Some places that i remember the most are the train car they rode on, the tunnels, and there hideout.
ReplyDeletei am reading the book night and the setting of the book is in a concentration camp, in Nazi Germany. This does a good job of setting a dark, scary, death kind of feeling in the book. This helps to let the reader know how Elie, was feeling.
ReplyDeletei totally agree with you.
DeleteI also read the book Night, and the settings Elie described were very meaningful and showed how bad it really was in the concentration camps were.
DeleteIm reading the book Chinese Handcuffs. The setting is in the us in a small town. I it really helps me understand it because thats where i ilve is in small towns an i can relate . Most of the setting is in the high school.
ReplyDeleteYou don't live in a small town Paul, but nice try.
Deletei can relate becasue i grew up in a small town too.
DeleteI live in a small town too. I like the small town atmosphere.
DeleteI'm reading the book Shipwreck Island, and the author shows the time period of the book, by having no such thing as a cell phone and I can tell the boat they came in had very early technology, which couldn't call for help when the storm was coming down. Also they were on a beautiful island, because of how he described it, it was perfect.
ReplyDeleteya the main character in my book faces sorta the same problem
DeleteIn the book The Last Song, the setting is on a beach in North Carolina. The author doesn't really go into that much dept about the scenery but by the little things he says it helps me know what it looks like. The author doesn't use the setting to set the plot in the book. The author describes the CD store really well and Ronnie's dads house.
ReplyDeleteDoes your author use detail in this book? Or does he use comparisons like in my book?
DeleteThe setting is around today's time. It takes place at school and a lot at Lara Jeans house. The scene I can visualize is the one of the Christmas party when Lara Jeans sister Margot finds out Lara Jean used to be in love with her boyfriend Josh.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes this scene stick out the most? Is it relatable?
DeleteThe author of my book creates images of the setting by describing it in detail. What it looks like, feels like, and what the location is like or how it got that way. To descried the setting of my novel I would date it back to the mid 1940’s and describe it with detail or something you can relate it to now a days because that is an easy way to understand. I think the author uses the setting to help develop the plot in the book because as the book goes along it talks about how Noah is redoing a house and making it look almost brand new and then how at the same time he and Allie are slowly coming back together. A certain scene from the book that I can visualize is when Noah is reading to Allie the notebook that he wrote pretty much their entire love story in. I visualize this one the most because I can see a man sitting next to his wife while she is in a retirement or nursing home because I work at one and I can kind of relate to it.
ReplyDeletemy book is night. my setting changes contantly in this book becasue elie is always being moved around from camp to camp. the setting was always described being gloomy becasue alot of people died in that area. the images that i remember alot are the smoke coming out of the chimineys that is all i can picture when ever they say concentration camp.
ReplyDeletemy book is the eleventh plague and there are moltipal settings in it you have the plague than you go in to this settle mant whats filled with nice careing people and a school and than you go in to the anger of everything from slavers and stuff
ReplyDeleteThe Author in my book creates a good image in my mind with the setting. Throughout the book he talks about walking and hiding in the brush. In my mind i think of a jungle/woodland area. I can picture tall trees and scrubs all over the place. I also picture think thorn bushes everywhere too. This image is the clearest with me, when Ishmael is fighting in the army against the rebels.
ReplyDeleteIn my book The Couple Next Door my author creates the setting by really describing how Anne is feeling. most of the time Anne is feeling sad and mad so you can picture the setting of a mother with no idea where her child is in a small quite house. The author does use the settings to create the plot. The image that the author created that really stuck in my head was when Anne realized that Cora was gone, I could picture her running around the house crying and screaming for her baby that wasn't there. This scene is so vivid for me because I watch a lot of crime episodes so when a child goes missing that's normally what the parents do.
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