Television
Window to the World Whether you love television or hate it, one thing's for certain: It isn't natural. It's artificial through and through, scenes unfolding on a screen, broadcast after being scrip...
Words and Language
He's Got a Way With Words, That IvanWords are part of the human world that Ivan admires and envies, which is saying something since he's none too keen on humans. Ivan admits that he wishes he could...
The Claw Stick
Just Plain EvilThere are complicated symbols in this world, Shmoopers, and the claw stick ain't one of them. This terrible contraption is a symbol of torture and abuse, and represents the callous d...
The Zoo
The zoo is the ultimate goal in this book, the place Ivan bends over backward to get himself and Ruby to in order to stop leading miserable lives at the mall. So while they're at the Big Top Mall a...