HELPPP
I grabbed my English homework and went outside to study in the beautiful fall weather. When I reached the front yard, I stopped in dismay. I couldn't believe it. My neighbor, Mrs. Light, had left her newspaper out on her front porch again. The leaves were piling up in her yard, and the windows were filthy. I sighed loudly and tried to forget about my messy neighbor and focus on my homework. But I couldn't. It was driving me crazy. How could anyone be so lazy? Didn't she care at all about her poor neighbors who had to look at her mess every day?
I put down my textbook and marched across our clean, lovely front yard. When I reached Mrs. Light's yard, the old, rotting leaves made it hard to walk without tripping. I knocked on her front door, trying not to look as angry as I felt. Suddenly, I noticed a note on the front door. It said that Mrs. Light had been taken to the hospital because of a heart problem. She would not be able to come home for several weeks. I felt a tug on my own heart. What would it be like if I had to go to the hospital and leave my beloved home for weeks? I realized that Mrs. Light wasn't lazy or rude. She probably didn't even know how her normally well-loved, comfortable home looked in her absence.
I quickly gathered up the newspapers and placed them in a neat stack on the porch. I remembered how Mrs. Light had always shared funny newspaper comics with me. I grabbed my dad's rake and went to work on the lawn. I remembered how nice Mrs. Light had kept it in the past. I hoped that she would come home soon. The neighborhood just wasn't the same without her.
In which two ways does the setting contribute to the plot?
Mrs. Light's yard serves as a contrast against the beautiful weather and explains why the narrator misses her.
Mrs. Light's yard serves as a contrast against the narrator's clean yard and makes the narrator want to talk to Mrs. Light.
Mrs. Light's yard makes the narrator proud and makes him or her realize that he or she is lucky to have a clean yard.
Mrs. Light's yard creates the conflict in the story and highlights Mrs. Light's hardships.
Mrs. Light's yard pushes the narrator to give up doing his or her homework and go
indoors.
