Sister Carrie | 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

Shoe Factory - Carrie's first job upon arriving in Chicago is working here, which is work that Carrie finds deeply unsatisfactory and will remember throughout the novel.

Clothing - It is Carrie's deep desire for this at the beginning of the novel that leads her to agree to moving out of her sister's place and putting herself in the debt of Drouet.

Under the Gas Light - This is the name of the play Carrie stars in as Laura while living with Drouet in Chicago.

Letters - These were exchanged a lot by...
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