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 […]
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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 […]
Historical Perspective
A The United States and Nicaragua in the 1980s Hallie’s impassioned letters to Codi about the political situation in Nicaragua reflect a major foreign policy […]