The Great Santini | Objects, Setting & Important Places

The Great Santini Objects/Places

The 'O' Club

Shorthand for the Officers' Club on the Marine base. The center of socialization for the officers and their families.

Toomer's Bus

The abandoned, converted school bus that Ben's friend Toomer calls home.

The Lawn

The name for the neighborhood where the Meechams live in Ravenel. The houses in the Lawn are older, gentrified Southern mansions.

Bull's Flight Jacket

The old fashioned leather flight jacket that symbolizes Bull's membership in the elite group of Marine fighter pilots. Bull gives the jacket to Ben on his eighteenth birthday.