Nervous Conditions | 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

Sigauke - This is the main character's family, or last, name.

Nyamarira - This is the name of the river that runs through the village in which the main character grew up.

Truckshop - This is the term used to denote any store, including those that sell bread, tea, sugar, jam, salt, cooking oil, matches, candles, paraffin and soap as well as Fanta, Coca-Cola and a vanilla perfume.

Nhodo - This is a game in which a child throws a stone into the air, picks up other stones on the ground and catches...
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