Eleemosynary | 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

The Picnic - At this place when she is young and newly married, Dorothea meets a spiritualist who convinces her to become an "eccentric" and shed all social responsibility and live whatever flights of fancy enter her mind.

The Wings - Dorothea fashions these objects, which she expects her daughter, Artie, to use to literally fly.

The Tape - This object is evidence of Artie's attempts to fly.

Alphabet Banners - These objects are teaching aids used by Dorothea on both her infant daughter and her infant granddaughter.

Europe - Artie is offered...
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