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Sunrise at Campobello Summary & Study Guide Description
Sunrise at Campobello Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Act 1
The play opens at the sprawling summer home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), located in the deep woods of Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada. It is August 10, 1921, before FDR was elected president of the United States. As dusk approaches, members of the Roosevelt family return from a day of outdoor activity. Eleanor discusses the day's events with her husband and children and arranges for dinner.
Anna addresses her mother Eleanor, confiding in her that she cannot fathom her mother's tolerance of her brothers. "I think you feel surrounded by the men in the family," Eleanor ultimately offers her daughter. Anna also shares with her mother her grandmother's opinions of Eleanor's severe demeanor with Anna, and she claims to support her grandmother's comments directed at Mr. Howe.
When Jimmy overhears his sister, he asks his father if he can expect Howe will be paying a visit. It seems...
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