Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from This Is Our Youth

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

Dennis's Apartment - The main setting of the play, located on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

The Plaza Hotel - Warren takes Jessica to this place and spends a thousand dollars here.

Valerie's Sculpture - This object is broken accidentally by Warren when he tosses a football around the apartment.

Fifteen Thousand Dollars - This is the the focal point of the story. It has been stolen from Warren's father.

Warren's Collectables - These treasures date back to the 1950s and 1960s.

Cocaine - This is an illegal substance that Warren and Dennis buy...
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