Clear Light of Day | 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

Old Delhi - Location of the family home

New Delhi - The modern section of the city, outside the ancient walls

The Family's House - Where Bim and Baba live all their lives.

The Well - A place in the garden which becomes symbolic to the siblings

The Rose Walk - An area of the garden that is symbolic.

Baba's Pebbles - Objects given to the youngest sibling that provide him with many hours of mindless games

Baba's Gramophone - Baba's primary preoccupation when this object is brought over from the Sahib household.