Counting Back From Nine-Setting

Setting

In the story of Counting Back From Nine the setting is described

in extremely brief detail. This is due to the fact that the story is written in the form of free verse poetry. With the use of poetry, the author focused on emotion and thoughts as opposed to physical events, which allowed me to truly relate and understand the main characters feelings, which is the main focus of the story. However, in order to create images in the readers mind Sharrard did briefly describe the setting. This was extremely well done, in that the setting description was in enough detail for readers understanding, but subtle enough so that it didn't take away from larger themes and aspects of the story. These small pieces of setting were artistically done, which allowed them to blend into the emotionally driven poetry perfectly, as Sharrard used advanced vocabulary and various literary devices. Over all, the little amount of setting description in Counting Back From Nine was extremely well done and positively benefited the book, allowing readers focus to remain on main points, well still giving them vivid images of what was going on. The setting of this story was one of the best elements of the book.