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Analyze How Characters, Plots And Settings Interact
July 17, 2025
Shivohm Karogal
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AI Summary
These revision notes emphasize the importance of analyzing how a story's setting influences character development and plot progression. Using dystopian settings as an example, they highlight how environmental factors like oppression shape characters' goals and drive the narrative forward. The suggested steps include defining the setting, understanding its symbolic elements, and examining how it shapes a character’s aspirations.
Principle
In literature, it is essential to evaluate why the author has chosen to write characters in a certain setting and how they interact with the plot. The setting ties in with a character’s arc and the development within a story. Moreover, it can illustrate the tone of a story and how it affects the characters and overall plot. An example of this is a dystopian setting, where the world is in ruins and is ruled usually by an evil power. If the setting was not set in a dystopian environment, certain characters would not face the struggles of oppression, and it would not offer any room for development and for an advancement in plot.
Steps
Firstly, define the setting of the story and pick apart how it advances the plot.
In the case of a dystopian city, it is essential to advance a plot of overthrowing a higher power. The dystopian city’s blacked-out billboards could represent the oppression of the press in an attempt to separate the truth from the reality of the situation.
The next step is picking apart a character and what their goal is. This can be their dreams, what they hope to accomplish, and how the setting impacts it.