Setting and Time

Current Read: Promethea by Alan Moore

1.It takes place in 1999, which by looking at the pictures you probably wouldn't be able to guess this because it has a more futuristic look to it then 1999 we know. There doesn't seem to be a large passage of time through the graphic novel because the main characters don't seem to change.

2. The main character I think represents the ideals of almost any age of time and that is to become something extraordinary. She goes from being a normal college student to this goddess who has to learn how to be a super hero type of figure. So also she doesn't represent the ideal side of this because she shows that sometimes it's not easy and that to reach your ultimate goals you have to learn certain things and work to get there.

3. The 1999 of this story is futuristic and without that element it wouldn't have the same drive. A lot of unusual things happen to the main character but in this strange version of New York strange things are happening every where. If it were to be set in the 1999 New York we know, the story wouldn't have the same feel to it because everyone would be freaking out about this Egyptian Goddess running around fighting things that no one else sees. Also setting it in a different time period would also change the story because there are past Prometheas that teach the present one, that would necessarily be able to exist if it wasn't set during the time that it is.

4. The setting of this novel is real fiction because even though it is set in the real New York, it's not the New York we know, and there are other places that are introduced that aren't accessible from the real New York. I think that if this story was set in a different place, like the country for example, it would have a completely different effect because cities are much busier so these strange events can be happening with a lower chance of being noticed and gives the plot a certain drive.