Waiting for Snow in Havana - Confessions of a Cuban Boy | 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

Lizards - The narrator has an intense phobia of these.

Sunsets - The narrator notes that these are much more strikingly beautiful in Cuba than in the United States.

Cuba Clouds - After coming to the United States, the narrator often imagines he is seeing these objects, which remind him of home, in the sky.

Firecrackers - The boys and the narrator's father often play dangerous games with this object.

Breadfruit - This is the object the boys use in their street war before they leave for the United States.

Turquoise Water -...
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