In the short stories "Summer," by David Updike, and "Ind Aff," by Fay Weldon, the settings greatly affect the overall sense of the tales. The settings created for each story are very different. The setting of "Summer" shows cheerfulness and recalls a happy memory, while Weldon's "Ind Aff" has a very gloomy depiction and is a recollection of a bad memory. However, both stories' settings are essential to their telling and moods.

Both stories are initially started off with descriptions of the surrounding weather, which instantly gives an overall feeling to the readings. Updike tells of the first week in August; "The time when summer briefly pauses, shifting between its beginning and its end" (316). This is a feeling that everyone knows- the leaves have not started to change and the nights are still warm, but the closing of summer is still inevitable. It helps to foreshadow the closing...