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Loneliness And Setting In The Story 'Christmas 1910'

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Setting plays a very big role in the story 'Christmas 1910'. They are positioned in great plains far away from everyone and that is what causes her to be 'selfish'. With this living by herself with just family around grows loneliness within her. The loneliness factor, develops her character and cause her to want to get married when she sees a stranger at her home. Loneliness plays a big role in modifying the plot because it plays antagonist role in the story. It stands in her way and gets between her and John Marsh creating the problem for the protagonist. Depending on what kind of environment they were in, the characters in 1910 act a certain way that best reflects their pastime in the moment. Abigail was currying the horses and she wanted

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