The setting takes place in the rainny city of Seattle, Washington were, the main character, Sean McDanial, lives day to day in a wheel chair unable to move any part of his body because of his Ceribral Pulsy. He likes living there because of the things he sees and he likes the rain.
I think Seattlle affects the way he thinks about the world. For instace, if he lived in New York,wouldn't he have a different veiw point of the world and the pelple in it.