Setting of Novel

The setting Nancy Farmer intended for this book is showed differently to the reader than some other books. The first chapter in this book did not say much about setting instead it was more of a prologue explaining how Matt was born and how everything else started. However, this chapter did give you a clue of what time of year this story is taking place in. You can kind of hint that this story is taking place in the future by reading the first chapter, although it did not give a specific date, it tells you about people creating clones and using far more advanced technology that you might find in the future. The second is where the setting started to take place, in the chapter title itself, “ The little house in the Poppy Fields” it already sets the books beginning setting for the reader. To get a more general sense of the setting in this book you need to look earlier, even before the first chapter of the book. On one page of the book, it explains Alacran’s Family History. In most of the earlier generations of the family, it says they all lived or died in Mexico. So from this, you can hint that the setting is taking place in a future Mexico. However, the entire setting in this book cannot be found immediately. As the reader progresses through the book, more and more of the setting is being revealed and each little part in some chapters help find the actual setting the book is taken place in. The season in this book is very obvious though, in the second chapter it explained about the white poppy field outside and didn’t mention anything about there being snow or if was cold or not. Also in chapter 3, it explained Matt being carried on a dry dirt path; this could mean that it wasn’t spring either. So from all of these small hints, the reader could easily point out that the current season in the book was summer.