While reading Deerskin, I continually was brought back to
the idea of not only gender, but of animals and their importance as well. The
biggest idea I had was what if Ash had been a male dog? Would the whole
experience had been as heartfelt? Ash was the constant companion to Lissar and
through Lissar’s troubling times with her father was always there not only as comfort, but as a
friend and a sort of guide to the right path to continue on. This begs the
question of whether or not Lissar would
be the same person at the end of the book had Ash been male. It’s not central
to the storyline of course, but with her sort of “godmother” watching over her
and helping her out, and the caretaker of her as a child being female, one can
only wonder if women are the only people who can comfort her during the majority
of her life?
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