THE SITTING OF THE STORY

The action takes place in New York in the small skylight room.

Mrs. Parker shows the double parlours, but if you are neither a doctor nor a dentist, you go to the second floor with eight dollar rooms. Mr. Skidder's large hall room to admire the lambrequins. But if you do not have enought money for a good accomodation  Mrs. Parker can offer something cheaper, she will send you to the Skylight Room, which costs three dollars. The author shows us such a division to underline that everyone can dream (as Mr. Skidder dreams in his hall room and Ms. Leeson dreams in her little 7x8 feet room) and it doesn’t matter what apartments you have.

The description of the room makes us sad and gloomy  (Its four bare walls seemed to close in upon you like the sides of a coffin).