The setting of a book is the time and place the story is told and the book “1984” written by George Orwell, explains the setting effectively. There are two types of settings, there’s physical setting and emotional setting. Physical is the time, date, location, physical features, weather, and adjectives given in the book. The emotional setting is the mood and what mood the adjectives in the book give off. An example of a mood from the book is, “Roared out by hundreds of voices to the tramp of marching feet, it was terrifying” (Orwell 159). The adjectives screamed, marching feet, and frightened reveal the mood of this sentence, which is chaotic, bustling, and ominous. An example of a physical setting is in the book, “The June sun was still high in the sky, and in the sun-filled court below, a monstrous woman, solid as a Norman pillar…” (Orwell 147). This sentence shows that it is daytime and lets the reader imagine a courtyard with the sun glaring down on it. These are 2 of many examples of emotional and physical settings in the book “1984” since throughout the whole book there are always indications of the setting.
