There are many different fears one can have, including: monophobia, fear of being alone, agoraphobia, fear of being in crowded places and achluophobia. , the fear of being in the dark. When looking at these different phobias, we can notice that they are all specific ways in which a person can act depending on the context in which they find themselves. It is common for authors to place their characters in a designated setting to reveal the most fundamental traits of being human. to drive. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding introduces his readers to the type of isolation a group of young boys would feel by placing them on a desert island with no adults, having to adapt to the setting, learning to survive and cope. hear. a small confined space. Similarly, in I Only Came to Use the Telephone, Garcia Marquez also depicts the big idea of ​​isolation by making the setting of the story a sanatorium for mentally ill women. Maria, the main character, whose car broke down in the middle of the desert, was taken to the institution to use her phone to call home, but once she arrived, she was separated from the rest of the world and was forced to stay there. forever. In both stories, the setting is very peaceful at the beginning, as are the characters. As the stories continue, the setting begins to fall apart until the end where the setting is complete chaos and the characters become chaotic as well. We will also see that at night, the characters become immoral in their decisions and actions. Throughout Lord of the Flies and I Only Came to Use the Phone, the interaction between setting and characters shows a complete parallel. Depending on the setting, the characters will act in different ways. At the beginning of the stories, it's... middle of paper ... completely different people. In Lord of the Flies it is said: “He no longer looked at himself in astonishment but at a formidable stranger. » (Golding, 63) In I Only Came to Use the Telephone it says: “I don't think I'll ever be the same. » (Marquez, 89) By isolating the characters, the authors force them to make choices they might not think they would ever make. Setting will affect any character to show their most fundamental tendencies and no matter what, setting plays a huge role in how any character acts. We will realize that it is perhaps not the fault of the characters that they act as they do, but the fault of the environment into which they are forced. Works CitedGarcía, Márquez G. "I only came to use the telephone." Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories. New York: Knopf, 1993. Print. Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print.