The Art of Racing in the Rain Questions

  1. Why does Stein choose Enzo as his protagonist? What special and distinctive perspective might a pet offer that a family member, such as a child, or a spouse, could not?
  2. What is Enzo's one wish?
  3. Why did Enzo identify with Eve's hatred of doctors, and where might her dislike of doctors come from?
  4. What exactly is that demonic zebra that Enzo destroys, and why does it return later in the book? Might it represent something larger and more meaningful, and if so, what?
  5. Why do Maxwell and Trish want to keep Zoë? Why do they work so hard to get her away from her father?
  6. What do you think really happened in Italy, when Denny met the boy whose name was also Enzo?