The Sea | 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

The Sea - This represents life and death to the narrator.

The Wrecked Boat - The narrator describes this early in the novel as a metaphor for himself.

The Cedars - This is a boarding house where people seem to go after suffering psychological deaths.

The Doctor's Office - This is what the narrator calls the place where Anna's end began.

The Beach - This is where Chloe and Rose get into an argument.

The Field - This is where the narrator would vacation as a child.

The Farm - The narrator's memories...
(read more)