Gathering Blue | 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

Field of Leaving - In this place, villagers watch over their dead for four days, until the body's spirit departs.

The Fen - Crowded and unsanitary, this area is a dismal slum.

The Council Edifice - This structure is left over from the time before the Ruin and still has working plumbing.

Cott - This simple structure serves as a home.

Kira's Decorated Scrap of Cloth - This object features a unique needlepoint design and seems as if it has supernatural powers.

Thomas' Piece of Decorated Wood - This intricately carved object seems...
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