Blog #4

Nesbø, Jo, and Don Bartlett. The Snowman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print

The book "The Snowman" by Jo Nesbo creates significance by using time periods, props and time to establish setting. The setting is taken place in Ontario. Its on the cusp of winter and the temperature is reaching just below zero. The author uses such things as, time periods above every chapter, gives the country and background, tells time at which significant events take place and uses specific props like a melting snowman to establish the time and setting.This is significant to the story because it helps tie the story together, for example if you were to read a story about whales in space and didn't know why the whales were in space, you would be lost and the book wouldn't capture the readers attention. The significant of this setting is that it makes the reader feel like there really in the story watching the investigation take place. A direct example from the book would include, "The snowman had melted about a foot from before"(Nesbo, 37).
The second significant event that takes place in this book is the main event, the main event creates conflict for the main character and creates a atmosphere of wiriness and tension.  The main event is taken place when 45 year old Ms.Becker is reported missing after mysteriously leaving her 10 year old son home alone."The boy rang the bell at about quarter past one. My husband and I went back with Jonas and searched the house for her first." (Nesbo, 36) This quote proves the atmosphere is wiriness as several girls have gone missing in a local community over a time period of a months. This also provides conflict for the main character because he has another missing women on his hand and the locals are starting to get scared and upset about the missing girls.