Setting

In the beginning of the novel the story takes place in Chicago but after he had hit young Lea in an attempt suicide his life tuns around . He aranges to meet with the mother of the young child and she asks something very big of him . She asks him to travel to the 4 corners of the unites states ( Washington , California , Florida , and Maine and make 4 whirligigs so people can see the joy that they brought to Lea . so now the setting is all the adventures and places he had gone . i think the setting is important because he agreed to travel all around the country because he wanted to keep this young girls spirit alive .