The Human Stain | Objects, Setting & Important Places

The Human Stain Objects/Places

Athena College

Athena College is the university where Coleman taught and was dean of faculty.

Organic Livestock

Organic Livestock is the name of the dairy farm where Faunia lives.

Spooks

Spooks is the title of the book Coleman Silk writes in order to defend himself from the false charges of discrimination leveled on him at Athena College.

Steena's Letter

Steena's letter is a letter Coleman finds while researching his book that came from a Steena, a woman he once dated before his marriage.

Anonymous Letter

Coleman receives an anonymous letter regarding his relationship with Faunia. Coleman traces the origins of the letter through handwriting to Delphine Roux.

Personal Ad E-mail

Delphine Roux writes an e-mail to a newspaper to be placed as an ad in the personals section. Delphine describes her perfect man as Coleman Silk and then accidentally sends the e-mail to all the professors in her department. Roux stages a fake break-in to make it appear that Coleman sent the...
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