The story is narrated from the third-person point of view, but it alternates between Maggie’s and Rumpus’s perspectives. How do these alternating perspectives add to the reader’s experience of the story?

Harrington frequently personifies parts of the forest, especially the ancient oak tree. How does the personification of the oak tree function to enhance the themes of the novel?

The chapters told from Rumpus’s perspective anthropomorphize Rumpus, ascribing human thoughts and feelings to the snow leopard. How does this choice affect the reader’s engagement with the story? Why is Rumpus’s viewpoint necessary?