The Blind Assassin | 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

Port Ticonderoga - This place is the town in which the Chase sisters grew up and the city where Iris Chase Griffen still resides.

Steamer Trunk - Once an item of Iris's trousseau when she married Richard, this object now holds her manuscripts and letters.

Toronto - This is the city in which Iris and Richard Griffen and Winifred Griffen Prior live, and the place in which Iris has her affair with Alex Thomas.

Louveteau and Jogues - These are the rivers that feed the town in which the Chase family resides.

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