Answer:
To establish how the setting creates obstacles for the characters
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Explanation:
Ernest H. Griffin's "The Oasis: Africa," tells a thrilling story of a desert journey and how rough and severe nature can be to travelers in a desert. Deprived of the basic necessities especially water, the discovery of an oasis in the desert brought a huge relief to the characters.
The author starts the story by narrating or describing the landscape of the place where they are starting their journey. Normally, settings or in this case, descriptions of the landscape allows the readers to get a sense of where the story takes place. Moreover, the inclusion of details about the hardships that the narrator encounters also adds to this image of what the scene most looks like. And so, this <u>reveals how the setting creates the obstacles that the characters will be met with.
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The girl tried to search for the old man who helped her, but she didn’t remember his look due to the heavy rain. She was roaming the streets with the umbrella, given by the old man, when she heard an old woman shouting.
"Thief! Catch him! He stole my purse!"
The thief was running towards her. Guided by her insincts, she hit the thief with her umbrella, which caught him off guard and allowed his capture. However, the umbrella gifted to her by the old man got broken. The girl frowned as the old woman she helped approached to thank her. The old woman saw a shimmering in the girl's eyes, as if she was holding back tears, and she followed the girl's gaze to the bent umbrella in her hands.
Seeing this the old woman spoke with a soft, compassionate tone, “Don’t worry little girl. I will mend this umbrella and return it to you."
"No thank you." The girl sighed softly, "If I may, I request that you should mend the umbrella and help someone else who needs it, should the occasion arise." She gave the old woman a smile and handed it to her.
The old woman mended that umbrella and always carried it with her, just in case.
