Animal_Dreams_By_Barbara_Kingsolver

Animal Dreams By Barbara Kingsolver Literary Themes of Animal Dreams Any certain novel may contain a number of different themes and general major ideas. The theme of a story conveys the idea of the author, but it is not usually clearly stated in the novel. Many times, critics disagree on the general intention of the theme. The critics of Animal Dreams have conflicting opinions on the theme of the story because of the events, ideas, and relationships that have different effects on the novel and the overall idea it portrays. One viable theme is the importance of relationships among women. According to Sherry Lee Linkon, Animal Dreams has a main theme of the importance of women’s relationships with each other and states how several other women authors with a contemporary writing style have dealt with connections and trials between women in their own works of fiction (3). In Animal Dreams, Codi Noline has strong relationships with many women. Codi and her sister, Hallie, were very close before Hallie moved to Nicaragua and eventually died there. For example, when Hallie moves from their Tucson home to the uncivilized South American country, Codi is so distraught and does not know how to live codi, home, theme, women, novel, relationships, dreams, animal, sewing, past, one, hallie, grace, company, circle, town, mining, school, save, love, important, high, each, different, critics, coming, codi’s, because, arizona, another, tucson, sister, noline, nicaragua, must