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LitCourse 4
How to Read: Title & Setting
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Type of setting—location

Location is where the events of a story take place. A story may have multiple locations.

Inside or out
Rural or urban areas
Geographical areas


"A & P" (John Updike), the LitCourse 4 story, is set in a grocery chain store, in a small town in Massachusetts near the coast, not far from the historical town of Salem.