How does your setting affect your story’s mood? -Ethan Lowe

The setting of our book is a dirty bad neighborhood. They are always talking about how everyone is either drunk or doing drugs. I think this makes the reader feel bad for the kids in the neighborhood because their parents might always be on drugs or drunk or other things. These kids are most likely not very smart, how would they be if their parents aren't there to help them. I know when I was reading this book it made me feel sad and frustrated. Sometimes it said in the book that even the grandpa was always drunk. One of the main characters even stated that he knew what weed and other drugs smelled like. I think that is a little obsured. A child my age. That made me even more upset that even the kids know that all these things are happening. I am disappointed that the parents would let their town/neighborhood get this bad.