The document discusses the concept of setting in literature and provides questions to consider regarding how setting influences meaning. It defines setting as the time and place in which the narrative occurs and explains that setting can reflect societal norms, further the plot, enhance mood, develop characters, and reflect elements of characters' lives. Specific components of setting like season, weather, location are discussed as possible symbolic devices that authors use to add deeper meaning. Readers are assigned a chapter from a book on literary analysis to read and prepare to discuss how setting functions in different works.