fill you in on why. The ended of the novel left me unknown to how Rosa will end up as a woman. Will she continue to live a life of sorrow and hold on to the Shawl as a symbol of Magda? Or, will Rosa change her life and go out with Persky and live in a life of the present and not of the past?I do not think the same ideas would be expressed if it had a different setting. The settings of this novel say that Rosa went from one way of living to another. How can one learn to adapt in such environments. This setting was in Miami. A place of high humidity and a great deal of sun that touchdown in Florida the majority of the year. If one were saying in Boston, then the setting would change. No more burning hands or fingers from the sun. No more lying on the beaches. Who is to say what month it is in this novel? Rosa was in Florida, but around what month and day? There is no season in this state except hurricane season. I believe Miami was a good setting for this novel because it brings out the point of the beaches where gays lye around surrounded by barbed wire and people drinking tea.The time, place and atmosphere does relate to the theme only because there were two different settings. Stella being in New York and Rosa being in Miami brings about two different atmospheres. One being a cold place where Stella is more situated and stable in her life and she goes on to make something out of herself. On the other hand, we have Rosa, who lives in Miami. Humid places where we can walk on beaches and be free and see a great deal of different things. Yet and still Rosa seems to be confused and she cannot make up mind as to what she wants in life. The time seems to be a good time because there was a great deal going on in Rosa’s life with her daughter death and it seemed the right time that the novel place Rosa’s setting in Miami since Florida was considered to be a getaway place for retirees.This story is told from Rosa’s point of vie...
