Journey to the End of the Night | 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

Carnivals - A metaphor for life, this has distracting pleasures for sale with its lurid atmosphere and predictable follies.

Crypt - The basement of the church where the mummified corpses are displayed in a small town in southern France.

Movie Theatre - A place of warm, comforting dreams, this is where the harsh realities of the world are momentarily suspended - for a small fee.