Setting and Such

The graphic novel I am currently reading is entitled "Flight". It's more a collection of short stories rather than a novel. All of the short stories, in some way or another, deal with the topic of flight. 

In the first "short story", entitled "Air and Water" by Enrico Casarosa, the time period seems to be  World War Two era. This is indicated because of the type of air plane the character is flying and the type of head gear (goggles, leather hat, ect.) he is wearing. It is difficult to say, however, if this character represents the ideals of the time period in which he is placed. He is clearly not human (maybe a dog type animal?). I guess you could say he represent male dominance of the early part of the century, since this character is a male flying a World War Two type plane and the author did not choose to show a woman in the pilot seat. This particularly short little story probably wouldn't have been much different if it had been set in a differnt time period, considering how vauge it is. The aparatus he is flying would be more modern if it was set later, but that wouldn't change the overall theme of the story. However, the story could not have occured 50 years earlier than it does because planes were not yet invented and such a story wouldn't even be fathomable. The setting as it is is entirely fictional because some sort of fury creature is flying an airplane. What the character is doing is realistic for a human to do though, and the messege of the story also remains very real.