Setting is essential to theme. When an author sets out to tell a story, he or she is looking for a vehicle for the message the story is to send. Think about powerful stories. There settings are a big part of that power. Set a story in the wild west or on some distant planet, and you are creating a world the reader can get caught up in. Even in more realistic stories, a well-developed setting is crucial to developing the theme, because in order to accept a theme a reader needs to be drawn in to the story.
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