1a) The setting is most likely that far off planet. It talks about space and shipments from Earth. It seems futuristic as well.
1b) In the current moment, people are not traveling to distant planets or , and many of the projects and gadgets are not on the Earth now.
2a) This is set on a less populated snowy road. Steve is on a drive in his car.
2b) The snow and car crash make an upset and frustrated mood in this setting; everything seems to not be going on Steve’s favor.
Answer:
A natur change as the seasons changes
A) One day I had said that Italian seemed such an easy language to me that I could not take a great interest in it; everything was so easy to say. "Ah, yes," the major said.
These lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway, contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story.