Revise and edit the paragraph. Ensure that it uses active voice throughout. What we learn about our friends on a road trip may be very different from what we learn about them in their homes or at school. When they move from one place to another, characters in a story can undergo change. Setting — the time and place of a story — is used by authors as a device to reveal particular aspects of a character. In John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums," a crucial role in the development of the main character, Elisa, is played by the shift of the setting from the ranch to the road.