Answer:
The settings of the story takes place at the Ethel River.
Explanation:
'In the Jaws Of the Aligator' is a short story written by P.C Arnoult.The story is about a tug-of-war between an alligator, antagonist, and the protagonist, Ume, over the body of protagonist's wife, Taita.
The setting of the story is a time and place or location of when and where the story took place. A setting may include geographical location, weather, time, social or cultural environment, etc.
In the story 'In the Jaws of the Alligator', story's setting is the 'Ethel River.' The story took place at the Ethel River, where protagonist along with his wife, Taita and an eight-year-old son went to collect mussel-shells, an ingredient that helps to make lime. It is at this setting, the protagonist had a tug-a-war with the alligator, the place where the alligator caught hold of his wife, and the place where she died. Another element of this settiing is that the place have the possibility of having alligators. That's the reason Ume and his son were keeping watch over alligators.
The author argues for broadening the scope of what is considered literature and what is okay to teach in classrooms.
Explanation:
The author's argument is that the television and film have been forays old enough to be morally and culturally significant as literature as a large population grows up with exposure to it and its existence shapes their worldview too.
Thus it can be taught in the schools to show what is good and what is not on these forms too as well as to understand what is important in cultural context in these art forms too and what must be preserved as a society.
