Portoviejo is a large commercial center for the province, where there are two shopping malls, one with a large hypermarket, 8 movie theaters, food court, and other stores. From Wikipedia
The Exposition in the Short Story Studying the short story. The exposition in the short story usually occurs at the beginning of the story and contains essential and sufficient information to act as the foundation upon which the writer constructs/develops the story. It is the place where we, as readers, are drawn into the fictional world that the writer is creating.
...The short story, âDr. Heideggerâs Experimentâ by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story about an old scientist who invites his four friends over to try an experiment. He gives them a drink that he says is from the Fountain of Youth, and they all become young, but only for a few brief moments.