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In "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin, how does setting contribute to the emotional effect of the story?
How does the setting act as a character?
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I'm not familiar with this story. Setting often does contribute to the emotional effect of any story. Is the setting a cold winter? Does it make you recall feeling cold? If the setting was a beach full of people having fun, would that affect the emotional tone of the story? As for the setting being a character itself, it often is because any given setting (a small village, a big city, a seashore, a mountain valley, whatever) has it's own characteristics and the human characters interact with it. The customs/mores/restrictions of the setting influence the human characters and how they act. Go from there.
Just to illustrate how setting can have an emotional impact, how would a story be different if it took place at a pool party or in a cold, impersonal laboratory or in a prison as opposed to, say, a Christmas party at Grandma's house, or an expensive night club? The setting sets a mood, an emotional impact.
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