Gideon's Trumpet | 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

Bay Harbor Poolroom - This is the business that Gideon is accused of robbing.

Miscellaneous Docket - This is set aside by the Supreme Court for cases filed by those petitioners who are too poor to cover printing costs or to pay the filing fee of one hundred dollars.

Special Circumstances - These events prompt the assignment of a attorney to an indigent defendant.

Gideon vs. Wainwright - This was the case filed by Clarence Gideon on appeal to the Supreme Court declaring that his right to counsel had been denied at the...
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