Out of the Easy: Setting

The main setting of Out of the Easy is the French Quarter of New Orleans. This has major effects on the story. It is the worse part of New Orleans and this is where the protaganist, Jo, lives. The quarter is simple and some what nice in most areas. Since Jo lives in a bookshop she has it pretty good in the quarter. The other area of New Orleans in the book is uptown or otherwise known as the Garden District. Uptown is where all of the rich people live. Its is much nicer and safer than the quarter. This is what they might have looked like.

Uptown

French Quarter

As you can see, uptown is much nicer. Each of these places has an effect on the people who live in them. The people in the quarter have a lot less possessions but tend to by happier. People in uptown have many more possessions and nicer homes but end to be very unhappy. One of the characters in the book, Cokie, describes the people in uptown as "soul dead". Now ask yourself, would you rather live in uptown and be unhappy or live in the less glamorous quarter and be happy?