Riddley Walker | 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

Widders Bel/Whitstable - This is a digging site where Brooder dies.

Do It Over/Dover - This location is where a boat washes ashore with a dead man.

Fork Stone/Folkestone - The Eusa folk gather here for their symposium.

Cambry/Canterbury - The center of the island where the Eusa Folk are supposed to gather.

Eusa Folk - People who are inbred and deformed.

Greanvine - This object is a stone sculpture found within the Circle of Power.

Bundel Downs - Gunpowder is produced at this location.