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**TOPIC:** **How do setting and climate affect the novel?**

Listen to a short broadcast of the NPR series //All Things Considered// titled "Did Climate Inspire the Birth of a Monster," and reflect on the two prompts listed below from the free response sections of the AP English Literature Exam administered in 2006 (Form A and Form B).

In the discussion, reflect on different ways to respond to the prompts, and feel free to bring up related ideas and link to other sources. Please also tie your discussion back to the novel and remember quote from the novel. And remember that a discussion means that you post ideas, but that you also respond to the ideas of others.


 * 2006, Form A. Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature. For example, the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance. Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole. **


 * 2006, Form B. In many works of literature, a physical journey - the literal movement from one place to another - plays a central role. Choose a novel, play, or epic poem in which a physical journey is an important element and discuss how the journey adds to the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary. **