When an author portrays a story, he/she also depicts the characters, setting, style, theme and the plot within a specific time frame. In many of the fantastic novels, the authors tend to focus on the social life, and the construction of childhood at that time in which it was set. Throughout many of the fantasy literature it can be seen how not only the Victorian and Edwardian times, but also the modern times influence the way an author constructs his/her literary elements within a text. Saukkola (2001, p.7) states that what impresses readers more is how the literature is linked in so many ways to the society in which it was created.

Lukens (1979, p.59) defines the plot within a novels as the sequence of events showing characters in action. As the plot is central to any story, there is a strong and direct connection with the setting...