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2.4.3 Setting Location

People exist in a particular time and place. Where we live may contribute not only to our personality, but also to our values, attitudes, and even our problems. In literature, setting time and place can also influence characters and what they do. The setting may be nothing more than the backdrop for what occurs; however, it may be directly linked to mood or meaning. The setting of the novel is New York City. This is quite important because New York is an important city for the fashion industry. It’s logical that fashion magazines settle their office there. A lot of important fashion brands come from New York and New York is known as a city of fashion. The writer thinks there are not that many cities in the USA were this is so important. The most events happen in the Elias-Clark building. That’s the building where Runway has settled. Some place in the novel : • Runway Magazine : The fashion magazine where Andrea works as an assistant to Miranda Priestly. • The New Yorker : The magazine that Andrea hopes to write for one day. Elias Clark : The publishing company that puts out Runway Magazine and many others. Andrea works in the Elias Clark building in Manhattan. • Au Bar : The bar that Andrea visits with Christian and Lily. • Paris : The city in France where Andrea assists Miranda with fashion week. Andrea is in Paris when she finds out about Lilys accident and finally decides she has had enough of Miranda. 21 • The Metropolitan Museum of Art : The location of the dinner party Miranda throws for her brother-in-law and his fiance. • Avon : The small town in Connecticut where Andrea grew up with her best friend Lily. • Starbucks : The coffee shop across from Andreas office where she fetches Mirandas daily coffee. • Seventeen : The magazine where Andrea gets published after

2.4.4 Theme

The theme in a story is its underlying message, or big idea. In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. This belief, or idea, transcends cultural barriers. It is usually universal in nature. When a theme is universal, it touches on the human experience, regardless of race or language. It is what the story means. Often, a piece of writing will have more than one theme. The writer thinks that one of the themes that comes out in the novel is what evil can look like. The fashion element emerges quite prominently in this exploration. How some of the most beautifully clad people can do some of the most horrible of things is a part of this. Miranda is one of the most well dressed, impeccably groomed individuals, an embodiment of class. Yet, her treatment of others, in particular Andrea, helps to bring out how cruelty and evil is not something that looks disarmingly awful. Rather, it exists in what we might place a great deal of value upon and to which weight is added. At the same time, The writer thinks that another theme is the notion of understanding ones identity. The fact that Andrea no 22 longer wants to emulate Miranda is a part of this and a theme that makes the novel representative of character exploration as well as redemptive. CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY

3.1 Research Design