The Body of Christopher Creed | Setting

The Body of Christopher Creed Setting

Because the story of Creed's disappearance is told in flashback, the action takes place both in the present and in the past. It begins in the present, at a New England boarding school where the protagonist, Torey Adams, is completing his senior year in high school. The reader sees Torey sitting at the computer in his dorm room attempting to piece together the events of the past year and figure out what could have happened to his old classmate. But he is also pictured back at Steepleton, enmeshed in the mystery and obsessed with the disturbing tragedy that restructured his reality forever. The story that occurred at Steepleton is one of unrest and Torey's retelling of it helps color the town. By the time Torey relates the events, Creed's disappearance has become legend. Placing the mystery in the past helps define it as legend, and it helps make Steepleton a...
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