Setting

=Home= **__ Setting __** The setting is the place and time where a plot takes places. The culture, time period, geographical place, all play a part in creating the backdrop of a story.

For instance, //Persepolis// takes place in the country of Iran during a tense period during the revolution. The illustration below shows an example from the first page of the book, when the reader is informed of the time period and the place where the story takes place.

A setting can be general, such as the country of Iran, or it can be more specific, such as Marjane’s room, the prison, or the street where the revolutionaries are demonstrating. The setting plays and important part in //Persepolis// as the Iranian Cultural Revolution is of great focus. The author, Marjane Satrapi, has put herself as the main character and writes about her childhood. The story is written as a [|memoir].