Setting8


 * [[image:treehouse.jpg width="305" height="242" align="right"]]__SETTING:__**

Australia. The treehouse.


 * __Description:__**

Too small for Victoria now she is bigger. The walls are covered in cuttings of beautiful people from magazines. She often hides there when she is upset or feeling insecure about something.


 * __Why is this Setting Important?__**

Helps show the theme of isolation and how destructive obsession can become. The setting also helps show the dislocation Victoria feels from both her heritage and the society that she lives in. She uses the treehouse to physically isolate herself from the rest of the world and her problems. It is where she feels safe and accepted. The destructive nature of obsession is shown by how Victoria's relationship with her family suffers because of her obsession with her image. She isolates herself from them by sitting in the treehouse instead of talking to them about her problems.


 * __Quote:__**


 * "She would go up there to hide and be by herself”
 * “The walls were papered by magazine cuttings of beautiful celebrities”
 * "In the treehouse the dolls waited silently for Victoria who didn't visit them anymore"