The Bar (Street)
Ulmer wants us here to look at how we percieve the places around us that we frequently visit, on page 210 "Here we turn our attention to the scene and away from the encounter of donor and hero. The forward progress of narrative development is arrested in this chapter. In turning the focus of our allegory away from the plot line to the atmosphere or mood of the setting we are locating the place of transformation, of transition from literary to electracy. Here Ulmer wants us to not only see the Hero and the Donor, but to recognize the tool that is used. He tries to make us understand that it is as important to understand what the details of the tool are as how to use it. "
The Modernist Brothel
On page 215 Ulmer looks at some other locations that have an impact on different people "One sign of the significance of the bar in our civilization is the prestige and attraction it holds for American youth. The bar is an allegorical place. The value of the bar is its ability to disrupt the body and senses. This is one place where a “rite of passage” is known to occur".
Song
The power of song can be an interesting concept, as we see with Ulmer's views on page 219 "We are building a series, performing the narrative transformation from literacy to electracy. Our narrative quest for the wide image is suspended at the station of the donor – the bar – in which the donor tests the hero and gives the gift of the magic tool. The bar setting often includes a band playing music that helps to set the atmosphere of the scene. We are in transition now from the general environment of the bar continuing the displacement away from the plot to the setting and now within the setting the music played in the bar".