Squeezing
Hug it OutIn this book, the instances of human contact are even rarer than sightings of Nicki Minaj fully clothed. The tendency to avoid contact is a combination of the stereotypical male tendency...
Water
Barely BreathingDominick has a dramatic relationship with water. As a teenager, he runs into the nearby river twice: once after Ray throws pickle jars and Thomas cuts his foot, and again after the...
Dreams
What Dreams May ComeThere's a bit of magical realism in Dominick's occasional dreams. When he falls asleep at the wheel of his truck, he dreams of his dead grandmother "alive, under the ice" (27.41...
Monkeys
Monkey See, Monkey Don'tDon't tell Nim Chimpsky, but the characters in this book have a problem with monkeys. Monkeys represent something subhuman in I Know This Much is True. It starts with a...