Who is Ivan? Where does he live? Why? How did Ivan learn to draw? What does he draw? What is done with his drawings? Is this a fair thing to do? Why does Ivan watch television? What is on the television that Ivan enjoys? What does Ivan learn from these programs?

Who is Bob? Where did he come from? Why does he not like humans? Why does Bob always remind Ivan that he is the one and only Ivan? What does this mean? How does it help Ivan? How did Bob come to live with Ivan? Why did he chose Ivan? Why did Ivan not scare him off the first night?

Who is Stella? How did Stella come to live at the circus? What does she think of humans? What things were done to her at the other circus where she lived? What happened...