She is dead. She does not appear physically but haunts mentally. She is Codi and Hallie's mother Alice, the late wife of Homero Noline. Throughout the novel Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver Alice impacted the characters, action, and theme(s).         When Alice passed away she took part of Homer with her. What she left was a misfit of time and circumstance; an emotionally distraught and distant man who attempted to resemble a father but veered …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…you must return to your roots to find your identity. This is feasible because Codi had to come back to her family's origin and her mother's resting place to finally find her self.         Throughout the novel Animal Dreams there is an invisible presence which effects the characters, action, and theme. The reason why this presence is so dramatic and forceful is the fact that it is a spiritual presence, one which we will never meet.