The setting in the motion picture is a small coastal town in California that is quite a distance away from the nearest city. In this setting are multiple other settings such as the Brenner’s home and the restaurant. These places are both sites that are attacked by the birds and where the characters are isolated from every other person in the town because if they try

to leave they will be attacked and probably killed by the birds. At the Brenner’s home Mitch, the main male character, boards up the windows and barricades the doors in an attempt to prevent the birds from entering the house. This seems to be a two edged sword as not only does it keep the birds out but it also keeps any other people out and the Brenners and Melanie in. At the restaurant the birds attack and all the people in the restaurant can do is watch as the birds batter the rest of the town. Near this setting is one very small scene that shows isolation more than any other throughout the rest of the movie. That is when Melanie goes into a phonebooth for safety and birds keep running into the walls. She tries to get out multiple times but the birds keep forcing her back in and she is completely isolated. The setting in the story is also a small coastal town but it is near London, England instead of in California. There is only one major setting as opposed to the two main settings in the movie. The main setting in the story is Nat’s home where he, his wife, and his two kids live. The first bombardment by the birds takes place in Nat’s bedroom and he eventually boards up all of his windows and barricades all of the doors. He lives a large distance away from any other people and his only connection to the outside world is a radio. When that stops broadcasting he is completely isolated and has no people that he can go to for any help whatsoever because his nearest neighbors, the Triggs, are killed by the birds in their own house. Both of the tales show isolation thr

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