Outlander | 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

Highland Bed and Breakfast - Claire and Frank move to this place after the war is over to rest and to rekindle their relationship.

Craigh na Dun - This is the place that causes Claire to travel back in time. She returns to this place later in the novel to return to the 1900s, but she decides to stay in the 1700s with Jamie instead.

The Scottish Moor - This place is open land---full of grass, small plants, and birds.

Castle Leoch - This place is where Colum and Dougal Mackenzie and a...
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