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Introduction

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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 […]

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Barbara Kingsolver

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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 […]

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Plot Summary

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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 […]

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Charecters

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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 […]

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Themes

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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 […]

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Construction

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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 […]

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Historical Perspective

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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 […]

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Questions

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-Research the history of the Nicaraguan contras during the 1980s. Were the contras the evil force described in Animal Dreams, or were they freedom fighters […]

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Further Reading

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Kingsolver’s nonfiction book, Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 (1989), examines the leadership role played by women during the […]