“A Drama of Our Time”, by Fernando Sorrentino uses settings and tone, in the story making the situation humorous. The author uses literary settings to demonstrate the locations the characters are in. By telling the reader where the settings is, they can imagine how the scenes looks like. For example, the author states “The breezes of spring came wafting down Matienzo Street in Las Canitas around 11:00 o’ clock on a Thursday…” (2-3), letting the reader paint a picture to understand the setting of the story. Another example on how Sorrentino illustrates settings in the story is by stating “I was sitting on the balcony drinking mate and rereading, after a lapse of fifteen years,” (6-7) showing the reader what’s the character is doing in the story.
