Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Why does Animal Dreams switch back and forth between Codi's and Doc's points of view?
- What parallels do you see between the problems facing Codi and the problems facing Grace, Arizona?
- What do Doc's photographs tell us about him as a character?
- What's so inspiring about animals in Animal Dreams? What do they teach our main characters about how to live a good life?
- What's the significance of the time delay between Hallie and Codie's letters?
- It's been twenty years since the Black Mountain Mining Company closed up shop in Grace. What do you think Codi Noline is doing today?
- What does it mean for Codi to bury Hallie's afghan in the garden at home, rather than in the town graveyard?
- Codi often compares Loyd to an animal. Is that a good thing or a bad thing, and why?
- The "prehistoric condos" of the Anasazi people are settings for some of the most important scenes in this book. What is their significance to the symbolic framework of the novel as a whole?