The book “The Rules for Disappearing,” by Ashley Elston is about a girl who is in the government’s witness protection program. All she wants to do is live a normal life, she wants to live like a normal teenager. She’s always mad at her dad because she believes he’s the reason that they’re in witness protection. What she doesn’t know is that she is the one who witnessed it, the cause. All her dad was trying to do was to protect her, shield her from the truth. Throughout this book the setting impacts how you think of the scene. It causes the image you can create inside your mind.

            An example of when setting impacted me as a reader was on Meg’s first day working at the pizza place. After her shift ended it was late at night, and she had to walk home. She doesn’t live in the best of neighborhoods so she could get mugged or kidnapped. The setting was late at night, it was windy and very cold. It was late at night and it was deserted, no one was around. When she walked out of the pizza place she got the chilling feeling that you get when your scared and you feel like you’re being watched. The author said “The wind is whipping right through my hoodie and my teeth are chattering.” The image that this setting detail created in my mind was like a Halloween night except there’s no trick or treaters. I imagined autumn leaves blowing around and it being freezing cold. It felt like a perfect night to get the feeling that someone’s watching you. The author gave the perfect details for me to imagine this.

            Another example of when setting impacted me and allowed me to create an image in my might was the night when Ethan brought Meg on a hog hunt. A hog hunt is when you chase hogs and kill them because they hurt the farm. It’s again, late at night, but this time it’s in the forest. They found a hog and they’re waiting to capture it, but Ben wants all the glory so he runs ahead and the hog gets angry. The hog charged at Ethan and his dog, Bandit tries to protect it. Ethan takes out his gun and he shoots the hog. All at once a vision comes to Meg, she remembers the reason that they’re in witness protection. It a night with a pitch black sky and no light at all. It’s in the middle of the forest and nobody, but Ethan and Ben are with her. The image that was created in my mind was trees surrounding them and all the branches shaking back and forth. I also imagined the moonlight through the trees and Meg falling to the ground in memory. The authors description of the setting created a powerful image for me.

            Overall, I think that setting has a big part in how you interpret and read a book. If the author creates good setting then you will have a better experience with the book. In my book the author did a good job and I felt that I got the full experience. Setting is a big part of a book.