The Ginger Man | 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

Howth - At the beginning of the book, Dangerfield lives in a run-down, creaky, spooky old house on a steep cliff, on Balscaddoon Road in this town.

Jury's - This is the gathering place in Dublin where Dangerfield goes for coffee and drinks.

1 Mohammed Road, The Rock - Dangerfield and his wife move to a ramshackle, small house at this address where the toilet pipes burst and which is always in disrepair.

Blessed Oliver Plunkett - He is an Irish saint who Dangerfield thanks for any good that happens to him throughout...
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