What is the setting in the story called The Neglected Senses by Rosemary Mahoney? How are different elements of the setting described?

The setting is in Tibet China in the year 2005

Explanation:

'The Neglected Senses' is a compelling story of Rosemary Mahoney, who morbid fear for going blind after an accident, drove her to explore the world of blind people.

In 2005, she went to Tibet China to interview a blind woman by name Sabriye Tenberken and her seeing husband Paul Kroneberg, who were the founders of 'Braille Without Borders' the first school for blind and visually impaired people in Tibet.

In the year 2009, she spent three months teaching English language to blind and visually impaired people at a school in Trivandium, India called International School for Social Entrepreneurs where she met with and interacted with visually impaired people from across the world.

The setting is in Tibet. The story is about her visit in 2005,

The author describes the market, the children in school and her experiences with blind children to describe the setting of the story. She talks about history of blindness in the region. She also taks about Tibetans strong belief in ghosts and superstitions. Tibetans belief that blind are possessed by demons

Explanation:

In the stroy "The Neglected Senses", author Rosemary Mahoney tells about her experience in Tibet with blind children. She goes to market with blind children and is amazed by the blind children's sense of navigation.

She describes market scenes and about Tibetan culture

She writes: "The blind are considered to be cursed, possessed by demons, or capable of extrasensory perception, which makes them entirely dangerous,"

"For centuries Tibet's blind have been shunned, vilified, treated as subhuman, and subjected to unimaginable cruelty."

About blind children in school, she writes:

"Some of them had been abandoned by their families, some beaten, some tied to furniture," she writes. "Where did the cheerfulness come from?"