1. Eckert is careful not to depict Ben actually communicating with the animals or even understanding them.
Many other authors do not feel the need to take such precautions. Explain why Eckert does not want Ben to be a Dr.
Dolittle.
2. Ben communicates with people in one way and animals in another. Both ways are incomplete at best. Compare Ben's methods of communication, and explain why this element is important to the novel.
3. The principal conflict in the book is the one between man and nature. Show how this conflict develops with George Burton, and then show how it.....
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