Lives of Girls and Women | 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

Jubilee - The town to which Del eventually moves and where she resides with her mother for much of the novel. It is one of the two key locations in the story. It is the place where Ada feels most at home and the place where, from the beginning of the novel, she aspires to live.

Flats Road - At the beginning of the novel, Del lives here on the outskirts of town.

The Library - This is Del's safe place, where she finds comfort, knowledge and in a sense, her truest friends.