A Moveable Feast | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Paris - The largest city in France and the home of a considerable number of expatriates in the years following World War I.

Closerie des Lilas - Hemingway's home cafe where he sometimes goes to work.

Shakespeare and Company - The bookstore and lending library founded by Sylvia Beach that specializes in English language books.

The Lost Generation - A phrase used by Gertrude Stein to describe Hemingway and others of his age who had been through World War I.

Seine - A large river that runs through the center of the largest...
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