In The Witches by Roald Dahl, the setting of the protagonist’s grandmother’s house in Norway plays a significant role in the exposition because the reader can understand how even though times have changed, real witches still try and take children away from their families. The text states, “my grandmother started telling me stories [...] what was far, far worse, was that witches were still with us. They were all around us,” (Dahl 14). Within this quote, the reader can realize how no matter where one goes, a witch can be anyone in their surroundings. No one is safe from these petrifying events. The author writes, “‘The first child I knew who disappeared’, she said, ‘was called Ranghild Hansen. Ranghild was about eight at the time, [...] No one’,