Setting of Speak

   *Authors Note: This is a  description on the setting in the book "Speak"*

     The setting isn't as simple as "It takes place in a high school", even though it does, because it takes place in a high school where everyone hates the main character, Melinda. Going to a high school where everything is fine, you have someone to sit by at lunch, people to talk to in the halls, is a completely different setting than Melinda going to a high school where everyone dislikes her.  The setting effects the plot because where it takes place changes what they do, if you were at a doctor’s office, you wouldn’t be studying ancient Rome or Spanish verbs. Setting a place and time in a book is very important, otherwise readers would be confused about what is going on.

             

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