Traumatic Memory and Quest for Identity in Barbara King Solver’s Animal’s Dream

Abstract

Barbara Kingsolver’s Animals Dreams,published in 1990,explores the tormented state of the protagonist Codi. She suffers fromidentity crisis. She feels that she is outsider from Grace Arizona. She also catches up on all that has happened in Grace over the previous fourteen years. Due to traumatic memory, Codi feels aimless, not knowing what to do with her life. She is often introspective and indulges in self criticism lacking an inner sense of direction. She goes where the wind blows. Communities and cultural influences can enable Codi to connect with her past and with other people;they also help her to remember her past and reconstruct her future identity.