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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is set in America during the early life of Maya Angelou, beginning in the 1920s and touching on multiple historical time periods, including the Great Depression and World War II. Geographical setting ranges from Arkansas to St. Louis to San Francisco. Region and city aside, the general store run by Angelou's grandmother—referred to as Momma—features prominently as a physical place setting in the novel, personified in the young mind of Maya Angelou.
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