4.2 Exposition of setting

As explain in the previous chapter, setting is as one of important elements of novel is the element of primary importance in particular author. Setting refers to the point in time and space in which the events of the plot occur.

4.2.1 Place setting

The setting is related to the place where the action of the story takes place. Place setting will influence in forming the characteristic of the character. Place setting is as important as time setting. Place setting will make the story logical and alive.

The author of the story usually gives a name to the place in the relation to the geographical location. In the novel Heartbeat by Danielle Steel, the most of the story took place in united state of America, such as New York, Los Angles, California and other places, For more specific location such as in the office, in the hotel, in the garden, in the apartment and many more. Here I would like to give a little bit analysis about place setting.

The setting of the story exposed at the beginning structure of the story of Danielle Steel’s Heartbeat (1999) is the place setting where the main Character was working. It could be seen in the following quotation:

The sound of ancient typewriter sang out staccato in the silence of the room, as a cloud of blue smoke hung over the corner where Bill Thigpen was working (P: 9).

From the announcement above, we can see that it belongs to place setting, because we can find from the sentence the sound of ancient typewriter sang out staccato in the silence of the room, where the room is part of building especially it related to an office where Bill Thigpen was working. Next the place setting exposed in the beginning structure in this novel is the place setting Where Bill lives with his family. It could be seen in the quotation bellow:

He had started out writing plays on off-off Broadway, and in those days he had been a purist. The theater above all. But he had also been married, living in Soho in New York, and starving (P: 10).

The sentences in the quotation above is a part of place setting, it can be seen in the word living in Soho. Where Soho is a name of town located in New York, from the quotation above we can know that Bill Thigpen lives in Soho with his family and starving. Next the last place setting exposed in the beginning structure in this novel is the place setting is about when the TV program of Bill Thigpen wants moved to California. It could be seen in the quotation bellow:

It was after the show’s first Emmy that the network suggested they moved the show to California (P: 13).

From the data above, we can see that it belongs to place setting, because we can find from the sentence they moved the show to California. It is one of city located in New York. That a little bit about the exposition of place setting. Next the events happened in this novel are in California.