Setting questionnaires

1. Place: the geographical location of the story – a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both.

A: First, the story took place at London. But then after Lalla’s father died, the family moved to a small city called Cornwell. That’s because their mother can’t afford the place at London. Then the story took place at London again when Lalla went back to London together with Rosemary and Allan to work and engaged with Allan. But then at the end of the story, Lalla went back to Cornwell to stay together with Godfrey.

2. Time: the period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.

A: The story doesn’t tell the time of the story, period of the history, or the day month and hour. But from what the story had described, when Lalla and her family went to the beach, it tells me that the season in the story is summer.

3. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or a particular social class (lover, middle, upper class).

A: Lalla’s family comes from London so they are on the upper class. The Royston boys, Godfrey, lived in Cornwell which is like a rural city which I would consider as a middle class. The events are particular social class, the ball Lalla attended and where she met Allan. Lalla and Allan are temporary lovers. At the end, Lalla ends up with Godfrey.