Reader answers “What was the point (?) of Sam Black Crow?...”

Hannah asked this question about American Gods (American Gods, #1):

What was the point (?) of Sam Black Crow? Why did she dream of the buffalo headed person, and the thunderbirds? Why was she given so much significance at the end of the book, when she hadn't really been in the rest of it very much? And how did she get the flowers from Shadow???

Reader She was an interesting character and she made the plot more interesting. Deeper meanings can be interpreted and there are many. In a math class once a…moreShe was an interesting character and she made the plot more interesting. Deeper meanings can be interpreted and there are many. In a math class once a student asked “why study prime numbers?” The professor said “well my first answer is… why do anything? My second answer is intellectual curiosity. My third answer if that isn’t good enough is that prime numbers and the properties of prime numbers are an essential part of encryption.”(less)

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