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.
Exposition is the information needed to understand a story. Complication is the catalyst that begins the major conflict. Climax is the turning point in the story that occurs when characters try to resolve the complication. Resolution is the set of events that bring the story to a close. It's not always a straight line from the beginning to the end of a short story. In Ernest Hemingway's story The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, the action shifts from past to present.