The following examples provide fiction samples paired with
companion nonfiction texts and offer a series of text - dependent questions, vocabulary activities, writing assignments, and opportunities for research.
Discussions of and / or excerpts from
nonfiction texts which introduce more in - depth explorations of these same subjects, and those from fiction which delve into more controversial areas of human - animal interaction, such as
companion animal symbolism, zoophilia, and animal collecting or hoarding, among others.