Setting of Place Setting of time Setting of Social Environment

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3.1.4 Setting

In the novel, setting will help to develop the plot of the novel. It also describes the place, the society and the culture at that time. By adding the setting, the reader can visualize and imagine where and when the story happens . “Setting can be used to evoke a mood or atmosphere that will prepare the reader for what is to come” Meyer, 1990: 107. Holman said that setting is divided into four kinds; setting of place, time, social, and environment.

3.1.4.1 Setting of Place

Setting of place describes the location of events. According to Holman in his book entitled A Handbook to Literature setting of place means ”The actual geographical location, its topography, scenery, and such physical arrangements as the location, for example, the location of the windows and the doors in a room” 1985: 413. It is believed that every fiction always inserts setting of place because setting of place can influence the content of the story itself, moreover in horror stories; scary places are the center point of the story. In TFIOS novel, the setting of place takes in Amsterdam and Indianapolis.

3.1.4.2 Setting of time

Setting of time is a crucial element if the story focuses on the time. Setting of time describes the period of time in which the action takes place. For instances, epoch in history or season of the year Holman, 1985: 413. Another example comes from 23 Kennedy in his book entitled Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, historical novel like The Scarlet Letter which happens in nineteenth-century tells about Puritan community in Boston. At that time, there are some historical events which help us to understand what happens in the novel Kennedy, 1991: 80. the example from TFIOS novel is the time when Hazel, August, and Hazel’s mother travel to Amsterdam on May during spring.

3.1.4.3 Setting of Social Environment

Holman said that setting of social is “The occupation and daily manner of living” 1985: 413. It explains the social systems that exist in that story which is parallel with the custom. For example, in Faulkner’s A Rose for Emilythe changes in her southern town serve as a foil for Emilys tenacious hold on a lost past. She is regarded as a “fallen monument”, as old-fashioned and peculiar as the “stubborn and coquettish decay” of her house. Neither she nor her house fits into the modern changes that are paving and transforming the town Meyer, 1990: 108. 3.2 Extrinsic Elements 3.2.1 Theory of Myth