Dandelion Wine | Study Guide

Ray Bradbury

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Overview

Author

Ray Bradbury

Year Published

1957

Type

Novel

Genre

Drama, Fiction

Perspective and Narrator

The novel Dandelion Wine is told by a third-person omniscient narrator.

Tense

The novel Dandelion Wine is narrated in the past tense.

About the Title

The title Dandelion Wine refers to the dandelion wine that Douglas Spaulding makes every summer with his grandfather—one bottle for each day of summer. For Douglas, the dandelion wine symbolizes an important seasonal ritual, capturing the memories of the days on which each was bottled.

Diagrams

Brothers Source of stories Source of stories Grandfather Boarding house proprietor Grandfather Douglas Curious, observant 12-year-old boy Tom Active, mathematical 10-year-old boy Grandfather Optimistic, hardworking man Bill Forrester Sensitive, helpful newspaper reporter Colonel Freeleigh Elderly Civil War veteran
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Summary

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Characters

Douglas Tom Grandfather Colonel Freeleigh Bill Forrester

Symbols

Dandelions Machines

Themes

Role of Memory With Life Comes Death Perils of Progress
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