Existential Questions

Today, we talked about existential questions, the kind of questions people use to explain existence: Why are we here? Where are we going? What are we doing? What is the purpose of life? What is the meaning of life? They are why books get written.

They are the think/exist questions. They explain things (religion, philosophy) and they are foundational questions. People use them to explain love, hate, death, life, mystery, murder, fantasy, science, drama, news, etc. Anything important can be considered existential. Existentialism is the study. Existentialists are the people who study.

We read Calvin and Hobbes and looked for the "meaning of life" questions. You turned in 10. Then we moved on to setting.

Your setting notes involve: Why does setting matter in a book?

1. Time impacts where the book starts and stops. The start to finish of the book is the actual story.
Time is the year of the book.
Other TIMES in books...
THIS IS THE WHEN.
It impacts what the book DOES
There are more more dinners than breakfasts
There are more evenings than mornings
(Food)


2. Place is the physical location of the book. This is the city, the world, etc. of the book.
THIS IS THE WHERE. This is also impacted by year *because some locations don't exist at different times*
It helps you picture the book.
It helps you know where you are.

Next time we'll look at weather in setting...
You should have turned in your Casting the Characters assignment. New calendar HERE.