The Glass Bead Game | 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

Castalia - This is a region where the academics play the Glass Bead Game.

Order - This is the name for hierarchy of players of the Glass Bead Game.

Cologne, Germany - This is where a Musical Academy is located and is where the Glass Bead Game is supposed to have been invented.

Berolfingen - This is a small town where Joseph Knecht attends the Latin School. It may have been the place of his birth.

Eschholz School - This is the elite school that Knecht is sent to after he graduates...
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