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MatePolarBearPerson906 This assignment focuses on your ability to: learn how to interpret…This assignment focuses on your ability to: learn how to interpret the literary device of settingand how it affects the character of the story/poem. The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student, in your career, and individual lives, you will often need to look beyond the plot and summary of what you are reading and puta different spin on it. An example of this might be interpreting data and the varying componentsof how that data was created, as well as what to do with the data as you move forward. Prompt (What are you writing about): Choose one of the readings from this unit and in a well-crafted 2-page essay, respond to the following prompt: How does the selected work use setting to drive the action of the story and create a specific impression within the reader? Instructions (how to get it done): Read through all of the instructions of this assignment. Read all of the 2 resources. Select one of stories or poems to write about. This is the Poem (I Hear America SingingBY WALT WHITMANI hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.n/aSource: Selected Poems (1991) Your audience for this essay is people who have read the stories/poems. Use text examples to support your answer. Your essay will have the following components: o A title page o An Introduction o A thesis at the end of the introduction that clearly states how setting shapes the story. o At least two supporting sections that defend your thesis/focus of the essay o Text support with properly cited in-text citations o A concluding paragraph o A reference page with the short story citation Requirements: • Length and feet least 2 pages. • The title page and reference page are also required, but they should not be factored into the 2-page length of the essay Arts & HumanitiesEnglish