Friend of My Youth | 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

Lake Huron appears in Friend of My Youth, Five Points, Meneseteung, Oranges and Apples - Many of the stories are set in the area around this body of water in Eastern Ontario, in small rural towns.

Logan appears in Five Points, Pictures of the Ice, and Oh, What Avails - This is a small place where one person's business is everyone's business; where gossip is prevalent, and it is hard for characters to avoid people they may not wish to see.

Walley appears in Oranges and Apples, and Wigtime - This is a...
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