Post 7 - Importance of Setting in "Geese".

                 Most of the time, setting in a book or story has meaning. Sometimes the setting and meaning is subtle and not really a huge part of the overall story. Other times, like in "Geese", it is a larger part of the story as a whole. The setting Packer choose for the story was outside of Tokyo, Japan. It's an important location because it helps surmise the journey of the characters. Historically, Japan used Kamikaze pilots in World War 2. The soldier's planes were "allotted just enough fuel for it's one way trip."(204) Like those pilots, our main character left home with only enough money to get to Japan and back. She sold her return plane ticket and used all her money. She made it to her destination only to find out it wasn't what she hoped it would be. There, her and her flatmates crashed and self-destructed.