Throughout the novel, Emma laments the loss of her healing powers. Nonetheless, a great deal of healing can be said to take place during the narrative. Discuss The Nature of Healing in an emotional sense as depicted in Unlikely Animals. How do the characters heal emotionally in the face of incurable and unknowable death?

Discuss the significance of Titanic!: The Musical to the narrative as a whole. What does it say about the community spirit of Everton?

How relevant is the historical figure of Rasputin to the fox of the same name and to the themes of the novel as a whole? How does Rasputin challenge the usually clear boundary between the wild and the domestic?