Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah | 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 Blue Feather - When a character challenges the narrator to practice "magnetizing" things to make them materialize at will, the narrator chooses this item.

Clouds - This is the first physical object the narrator is able to manipulate by his mind, initially frustrating him, when he finds he cannot vaporize them.

Ferris, Illinois - This is a rural town with a population of 200, where the narrator and another character first meet, parking their biplanes near one another in a newly-mowed hayfield.

The Fleet - This item is powered by an old...
(read more)