Shay Legg Hensley English 11/ First Period 06 February 2017 Setting and Atmosphere The setting and the atmosphere can be important and symbolic to the characters and the author. Knowing these can help the readers have a better understanding of the author?s writing style. The setting starts in Laura?s house, in Mexico City in the 1920s. It is near the end of the Mexican Revolution, and the government is beginning to start changing. This is symbolic to the author in some ways. Katherine Anne Porter the author, she spent some time in Mexico after writing her first book. She could have seen the changes that started in Mexican government. Her stories are based on memories so it becomes symbolic to her. It is symbolic to the characters, because