Setting Argumentative Essay Readers can make an image in their mind in order to understand the plot and characters through the setting. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling uses dark and horrific environments not only for plot, but also to foreshadow future tragic events. J. K. Rowling describes the surrounding environment of Snape’s house as dark and desolate in order to foreshadow that Snape will help Malfoy kill Dumbledore. In Spinner’s end which is the street Snape lives, Bellatrix and her sister Narcissa want Snape help Malfoy, but the author describes the setting of this plot first rather than writes the plot directly in order to render a dark and horrific atmosphere. In the passage, the author writes that “many miles away the chilly mist that had pressed against the Prime Minister’s windows drifted over a …show more content…
The author uses “many miles away” to illustrate Snape’s house is distant from others. Also, the word “mist” represents mystery and obscurity, so the author uses this word to foreshadow that gloom will come to this place. Then, the author writes “an immense chimney, relic of a disused mill, reared up, shadowy and ominous” (Rowling 25). The author writes “relic”, “shadowy”, and “ominous” to show the darkness of this place in order to foreshadow that this plot is morally dark. In one sentence, the author writes three negative words continuously can let readers feel a sense of darkness gradually. “There was no sound apart from the whisper of the black water and no sign of life apart from a scrawny fox that had slunk down the bank to nose hopefully at some old fish-and-ship wrappings in the tall grass.” (Rowling 25) The author uses the words “overgrown” and “rubbish-strewn” to show that there are no people live there long time,