Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Hopscotch

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

Pont des Arts - This bridge-filled location is a regular haunt for Horacio and La Maga.

The Serpent Club - This is a small coterie of artists and intellectuals in Paris.

Morelliana - This is the collected theories and aesthetic treatises of an iconoclastic writer.

Dialectics - This is an argument between two different viewpoints with intention of the persuasion.

Hopscotch - This is a metaphor in the novel for the precariousness of life.

Zen Buddhism - This belief system favors enlightenment through meditation rather than textual study.

The Millenary Kingdom - This...
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