Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Fifth Sacred Thing

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

The City - Formerly known as San Francisco, this place is now a utopia and a place of egalitarian practices in tune with the Four Sacred Things of air, earth, fire, and water.

Angel City - Formerly Los Angeles, this city has been renamed as the Stewards and Millennialists shun any Spanish words. The focus of the Stewards' operations in the southern part of California, this city is in ruins.

The Hive - Melissa, a group of women who sacrifice their singular human identities to join, initiates the Madrone in this location.

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