In a story that is known to endure through the ages, there is a certain quality that makes it worth reading and studying. Whether it's character, plot development, or even the climax, there's always a certain hook to the text. In most cases, they are the sensory words used to explain the setting, time period, and events of a story. Overall, the setting is what can really illuminate the story to its fullest potential if used correctly. In two particular texts, setting is used imaginatively and creatively. In the texts Old Man of the Temple and The Man to Send Rain Clouds, the setting (including the values and attitudes of the people of that time) influences the characters and events of the story through culture, the activity of the "clique" , and it was of the setting. For starters, culture plays a very important role in the overall look of the setting, as well as describing sensory words that would connect the setting to the culture in another way. For example, if you were to travel to Louisiana, there is a tremendous amount of culture there involving voodoo. However, dark magic is not always like this; in fact, one story takes place with a more Western theme, with an Ancient Greek theme in the other text. This same definition is clearly shown in The Man Who Sends Rainclouds, when “…Leon took a piece of string from his pocket and tied a small gray feather in the old man's long white hair. Ken gave him the paint. On his wrinkled brown forehead he drew a streak of white, and along his high cheekbones he drew a streak of blue paint. He stopped and watched as Ken tossed pinches of cornmeal and pollen into the wind, causing the little gray feather to flutter. Then Léon painted yellow under the old man's broad nose, and finally,... in the center of the paper... you had slowly, wondering how they had managed to dig into the frozen ground; and then he remembered that this was New Mexico (Page 296).” Also, in Old Man of the Temple, we talk about modern inventions, such as the automobile and an ordinary businessman. Through the hardships of life, death, possession and even curses, authors manage to create books that would be nothing without an extraordinary setting. Thanks to the setting, the reader opens up to a new level of senses, being able to feel the cold of a freezing night in New Mexico, or the strange sensation of having another person in one's body. Obviously, the texts, The Old Man of the Temple and The Man Who Sends Rainclouds, the setting (including the values and attitudes of the people of that time) influence the characters and events of the story through culture, activity of the "clique" and the era of the setting.
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