Phoenix Rising Setting & Symbolism

Phoenix Rising Objects/Places

Cookshire

The residents of this small town near a nuclear plant evacuate after the nuclear leak occurs.

Cookshire Nuclear Plant

Mr. Trent, Ezra's father, is an executive at this plant. The night of the nuclear leak, Mr. Trent receives a call and goes to the plant. Ten days after the accident, workers seal the leak.

Mask

Made from various articles of clothing in Catherine's family, Catherine wraps up some food in the mask and leaves it at the phantom's stone for the phantom to keep warm.

The Curtain

At the beginning of the novel, someone closes the curtain in the back bedroom of the Sumner home, a rare occurrence. As Nyle approaches the house, she notices the curtain's position and stops.

The Back Bedroom

Nyle refers to the back bedroom in the Sumner home as the "dying room." Nyle's mother and grandfather died in this room. This same room houses Mrs. Trent and Ezra after the nuclear accident. As the...
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