Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Recapitulation

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

Box - The funeral director gives this to Bruce because it was among his aunt's things but was intended for him.

Phone Number - The funeral director gives this to Bruce which is from a woman who called looking for him at the funeral home.

Funeral Home - Bruce Mason arrives at this location where his aunt's body is being prepared for burial and realizes that it is the same house where a couple of girlfriends from his college days lived.

Tennis Club - The summer after Bruce graduates high school, his mother...
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