Martin Papst blog entry 2: Setting;

So far, the setting of the book takes place in a “corner gas” type setting. For some reason, I feel this is not how Mexico would look. The book describes the setting as a very rural style with lots of space in-between the individual living quarters. I always thought Mexico as to have a very spread out city with two parts; one very rich part and one very poor part.

The author does a great job of introducing the setting without you realising it but, for some reason, I feel as though the setting is incorrect. Maybe, the author tried to make the setting more of a “Texas” setting, which seems almost like what she was going for. If that is the case then i suspect that their may be a big city in the future.

In my opinion, The Big House looks kind of like the bamfield shell building but without the shell shape. My reason for thinking this revolves around the grand entrance that the shell building has. I think that my theory for having the” half rich/half poor” scenario as well works here. I think that the people in the big house like El Patron or even Celia are much wealthier than the rest of the country. when i see the setting described to me, i see a tall tower in a very sub-urban area. It seems like the entire country is feeding to one house, or one person like a company, where you are either at the top, or at the bottom.

In conclusion, I feel as though the setting is very broad, and that it will only get broader. As of now, I feel that analyzing the setting is hard to do in less than 350 words and that my response is very broad. as for now though, this is what i could come up with.