Death in the Woods was a good title to help set the mood. It tells a reader right away what is going to happen in the story, but still leaves the story open as to how the death will occur, and why it will occur.

The story takes place in the post civil-war south. Due to this the area is now economically poor. The town the story took place was a nondescript small town, with the general small town layout of shops side by side and streets crowded by people. Everybody knew everybody, and the unknowns were outcasts.

The farm that the main character, Mrs. Grimes, lived on was a very poor one. Jake Grimes, Mrs. Grimes’ husband did not take care of anything. Their son John was no help either. Mrs. Grimes did everything with the farm. She fed all of the animals. If anything had to be done on the farm, it was up to her to do it, and if she was slow on anything Jake and John would take it out on her. The only sources of income on the farm were the animals a

not speak to anyone if she did not have to. She was this way because all of the family she ever had was cruel to her, and the people of the town knew the situation at the Grimes household but never did anything about it. The men of her house would not do a thing but boss her around, making her more than scared of them. This makes it seem like she is very disliked by everybody, even the people who didn’t even know her

All of these setting set the mood to an ominous feeling that a reader knows that something is going to happen. The way the farm works lets a person know that Mrs. Grimes needs to get out of that setting as soon as she could. The town’s setting makes it feel that there is no way for Mrs. Grimes to get help with her situation. All of theses settings let a reader know that, Mrs. Grimes is a very poor person, who has to strive for everything, while she is being mistreated, and has no escape. Except for one thing, which is death.

he woods she got very tired and lay down. This was a bad thing for she didn’t know that in her condition it would be almost impossible for her to get up. When she did notice that she knew it was her time and she let her death come in the woods.

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