Story elements influence

The title of my book is The True Meaning of Smekday, how does the setting influences the main character?  The setting is in Florida and she seems worried because she is not used to that much rain and sometimes she feels like she is going to wake up in a flood and once she did and it wasn't because of the rain it was because of a character in the book named Gorg and he is the bad person in the story so she wants to get out of Florida but she needs to find her mom and the boov said that she will be in Florida because that is where they put everybody that they abducted.  How does the conflict influence the main character?  The conflict influences the main character because she needs to decide to save herself or to save herself and her mom. And she decides to save herself and her mom because she really misses her mom and she wants her back. And the boov is going to try and help her find her mom.  And she feels kind of anxious.