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.
if u think that's the denouement, it's not. Because basically a denouement occurs probably near the resolution. therefore, the exposition is what introduces the background in a story. In the fable u showed me, we got introduced of how the lion got angry by the mischievousness of the mouse.