In Paul Bowles, "A Distant Episode", he uses setting a visual clues to really set the scene and to create the story he wants by giving the place such detail. The setting detail that stuck out the most to me was, "Keep on going south, he said. You'll find some languages you never heard before" (90).   The reason this stuck out to me was because of Foster's book "How to Read Literature Like a Professor".  In this book the author talks about how location and setting is key to every story.  He even points out how lots of authors make their characters "go south" which means a drastic change is coming for the character because they are relocating.  If they go south it is for a purpose and will most certainly change that characters life.  An example i have is the book "The Secret Life of Bees".  The main character goes south and finds redemption and people she can call her family.  Lots of the images portrayed in this novel are written very lightly but can be interpreted hugely.  "Turning off the road, they walked across the earth strewn with sharp stones, past the little ruin, through the trees, until they came to a place where the ground dropped abruptly away in front of them" (93).  The author is trying to show how they are feeling.  They are looking down and not seeing land in front of them almost as if they could fall at any moment.  This can be related to the other because you don't know who or what can be down there.  I have felt like the professor in some cases and only recently since i have been around so many people.  We all know people who have behaved like the professor either in his good or bad qualities.