Saturday
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Analysis:
_ Saturday, written by Ian McEwan,
references the London area a total of 227 times. Out of all, Regents Park was
the most referenced location with 13 references of its own. Gower Street, mentioned
9 times, and another popular street, Tottenham Court Road, were mentioned most
frequently among specific road names. Most of Saturday takes place near these
areas which are all in Bloomsbury. In fact, as the story moves progresses and
more places, nearly all of the places introduced are in Bloomsbury. It seems as
though, with respect to region, that the center of Saturday is Bloomsbury despite the fact that the single most
referenced area was Regent’s Park which had 13 mentions. Bloomsbury is a key
setting in the story and was one of the more important places held in the book.
The data which contains a strong density of references in Camden Town correlates
directly to the setting of the novel as Bloomsbury is the area in which the
pivotal car wreck scene takes place in the novel. Thus, according to the data
and the setting of the book it seems that the “central” area in London of the
novel Saturday is Bloomsbury.
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Graph of All References:
Graph of All References:
_ Works Cited:
McEwan, Ian. Saturday. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005. Print.
McEwan, Ian. Saturday. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005. Print.