Receurdo- Character and Setting Development

The author of Recuerdo seems to have the ability to place a perfect picture in the mind of her readers, and this is clearly evident in this short story. In fact, the first couple of sentences of the story already tell you the exact type of environment that Rosa and her family are living in, “It was dusty. And the sun, blinding in brightness, shone unmercifully on the narrow dirty street.”, already the reader has picture of what kind of area this is and throughout the story this amazing wording of setting keeps pictures in the readers mind, making se

tting one of the most significant roles in the story. If all the descriptive language wasn’t present this story would be very plain and dull, but fortunately there’s plenty of it. Every word in the story involving setting appears to have been thought extensively about and was specifically chosen for that extra powerful effect. Soon the setting is taken into the office of “warn chairs and the torn linoleum and the paper-litter desk.” Where Rosa talks to the “greasy” Don Lorenzo, being a character that plays a significant role in the disturbing character development aspect of the story. Furthermore, after establishing the dreary office setting, the author describes the surrounding on Rosa’s walk home “there were no trees. There were only shacks surrounded by hungry crying children.” In that short section there isn’t an over amount of detail but the right wording gives that picture in the readers mind, that the author was intending on creating. Based on the setting we can see how Rosa reacts, whether she is cautious while in Don’s office, or depressed with her surroundings walking home and at home. In addition, the author used her setting to establish mood, feelings, and ideas, of what the protagonist is up against in her life. From the beginning, the mood is set, that this area is a poor, dry, and dangerous place to live; we start to feel worried and sorry for Rosa as her adventure into Lorenzo’s office takes unexpected twists; and we get the idea that this is not where a mother would

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