Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Tender Is the Night

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

Gausse's Hotel - Fashionable people spend summers here and it is where the book starts.

Mother - An authoritative symbol, Rosemary admires her and would never disobey her.

The Riviera - An area in the south of France and where the book starts and the location of Gausse's Hotel.

The Transparent Swimsuit - Nicole sews this for Dick, but with skin-colored material underneath it.

La Turbie - The place they shoot movies in Monte Carlo.

Daddy's Girl - The movie that made Rosemary famous.

The Bathroom (in Villa Diana) - In here, Violet...
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