5. Setting

5. Setting

a) The novel is set in .... in Big Moose Lake, New York. The opening setting is Mattie standing on the porch at the Glenmore on a sunny Thurday 12th, July, 1906. The impact the setting had on the characters was that it was a perfect summers day and nothing would go wrong but when Grace Brown was pulled out of Big Moose Lake everything changed. The setting had an impact on Mattie and Royals relationship. Mattie wanted to be a writer and leave to go to Barnard. Royal was happy with his life and all he wanted to do was marry Mattie and be the best farmer with lots of land, crops and animals.

Weaver is like Mattie because he also wants to go to Barnard and become a lawyer. It is hard for Weaver in this setting because of the amount of racism he has to deal with. For example when he gets bet up at the train station it effects his job at the Glenmore and the 3 men that beat him up also broke Weavers Mama's arm, burned down their house and stole all of Weavers college fund. This is the part of the book where Weaver had just been bet up at the train station. " "He was attacked", John said. "In front of the station. The train was late. I went to talk to the stationmaster and left Weaver in the wagon. Three men came out of the Summit Hotel. Trappers. They were drunk. They said some things. Weaver answered back. One of them hauled him out of the seat and all three of them beat him. I heard the noise, ran out, and broke it up." "Three to one, Weaver? For God's sake, why didn't you just keep quiet?" "They called me nigger."