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1. How are the scientific elements of Travis's transplant described in the narrative?

In the narrative, there are virtually no references to the scientific elements of the situation. There is no discussion of how two entirely different nervous systems were integrated; how the thousands of variously sized blood vessels were integrated; and what kind of protocols are involved in Travis’s new life.

2. What is one of the major themes that is developed in the first chapters of the book? How is it developed?

The struggle to understand and live a new present while defined by the past is one of the work’s primary themes, evident in the story and situation not only of the protagonist but also in the stories and situations of several other characters who are struggling to reconcile what they have experienced of their pasts with what they are experiencing in a very changed present.

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