Tom's Midnight Garden | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Pearce uses symbolic objects with great effect in Tom's Midnight Garden. How do the Gothic barometer, the grandfather clock, and the ice skates function as symbols?
2. Tom's Midnight Garden is a highly original time fantasy. During the course of the narrative, what views of time are expressed? What does Tom learn about the nature of time through his adventures in the magical garden?
3. The close reader may notice several hints during the novel about the eventual importance of old Mrs. Bartholomew as a character. What are these hints? Where and when does...
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