Social Sensitivity
During the mid-1930s, Orwell like many of his literary contemporaries, became increasingly more perceptive of the social and political concerns of the age. Clearly a […]
Month: October 2008
Topics For Discussion
1. Discuss the pigs’ idea of “animalism.” What happens to this theory as the novel progresses? 2. Boxer and Clover, the two cart-horses, are described […]
Ideas For Reports and Papers
1. Research the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its origins. What similarities do you see between it and the events in Animal Farm? Are the […]
Related Titles/Adaptations
Similar in thematic content to Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four is both an indictment of political oppression and a vigorous attack on the corruption of language. […]
Introduction
In Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams (1990), Codi Noline, a young woman unsure of her purpose in life, returns to her hometown of Grace, Arizona, to […]
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 5, 1955, in Annapolis, Maryland, to Virginia and Wendell R. Kingsolver. Her father was a country physician, and Kingsolver […]
Plot Summary
A Chapter 1 In the first chapter of Animal Dreams, Dr. Homer Noline gazes on his two young daughters, Cosima and Halimeda, as they sleep […]
Charecters
A Dona Althea Dona Althea is one of the formidable ladies of the Stitch and Bitch Club. She is old, silver-haired, and tiny, and she […]
Themes
A Culture Clash Underlying the plot in Animal Dreams is the notion of a clash between two different cultures, white and Native American. The focus […]
Construction
A Setting The novel is set mostly in the fictional town of Grace, Arizona, although some scenes take place in the Santa Rosalia Pueblo, also […]