Mating | 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

Garborone - The capital city of Botswana, which contains a large white population of diplomats, business people, missionaries, game hunters, and tourists from around the world.

Tsau - A social experimental village set up to run on cooperative labor with women as landowners and government. It is an example of what women are capable of given the correct resources.

Kalahari Desert - This object is portrayed as a brutal dangerous environment and a metaphysical entity with a life and spirit of its own.

Sekopololo - This represents both the physical storehouses and offices,...
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