Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from One True Thing

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

Montgomery County - The small county where Ellen is held in jail after her mother's death.

Tastee Freeze - Where Ellen remembers going on the last normal day of her life.

Langhorne Proper - The town where the Gulden family lives.

Harvard University - Where Ellen attended college.

Cambridge - A city that Ellen remembers from her childhood, where her father taught English.

New York City - Where Ellen moves after graduating from college, and where she gets her first job as an editor.

River View Park - Where Ellen and Kate picnic...
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