The Eyre Affair: 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

Bookworms - These inventions by Mycroft feed on words and expel synonyms.

Prose Portal - This invention by Mycroft is stolen by Acheron Hades.

Plasma Rifle - This invention does not work in the real world.

356 Speedster - This is bought by Thursday after she sees herself with it, and it is brightly painted.

LiteraTec - This is the specific division Thursday works for.

ChronoGuard - This is the specific division Thursday's father worked for, and is now being hunted by.

SO-5 - The sole purpose of this highly secretive division is...
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