1. What does setting include and why does when something happens matter as much as where?

2. How do readers use their own experiences to understand and imagine the settings an author describes?

3. What values and principles might readers associate with different times and places in a story?

4. How can the way characters interact with a setting reveal what those characters value?

5. How does setting influence and affect the characters in a story?

6. What is contrast in setting and how does it function in a story?

7. How does an unusual event occurring in an ordinary setting affect readers' expectations and understanding?

8. In The Metamorphosis, what specific setting details suggest a normal morning, and how does Gregor's transformation clash with those expectations?

9. How would the impact of Gregor's transformation differ if it had occurred in a magical cave instead of his familiar bedroom?