Requiem for a Dream: A Novel | 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

Marion's Apartment - This place is small and quaint and where the drug headquarters originates.

Tyrone's Apartment - This place is barely furnished, has no phone, and contains only a radio for entertainment.

Sara's Apartment - This place hasn't changed for years and has shabby furnishings.

Sara's Pills - These objects were once used correctly but later abused.

Sara's Television - This object provides company for a lonely character.

New York - This location is where most of the novel takes place.

The South - This location is where two characters get arrested.