Most critics agree that children’s literature is a diverse paradoxical area of study combining different literary genres. Like the concept of childhood‚ children’s literature is a social and cultural concept that evolves over time. Since the fourteenth century‚ children’s literature has gone through different literary periods each defined by its own divisions and genres. Many children’s novels‚ such as J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy‚ and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe were published
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In the novel "the Magician ’s Nephew"‚ C.S. Lewis uses experiences from his own childhood to form the character of Digory in his own likeness. C.S. Lewis replicates much of his autobiographical information‚ regarding where he lived‚ his personality‚ and his own adventures‚ to create a character that is both believable and dynamic. Throughout the novel‚ “The Magician’s Nephew”‚ much of the personal information regarding Digory‚ closely resembles that of the author C.S. Lewis. Digory and Lewis were
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Lewis). The Screwtape Letters‚ Great Divorce‚ and Narnia Series are some of the novels he wrote (“About C.S. Lewis). He also wrote novels under different pen names such as “Clive Hamilton” and “N.W. Clerk” (“All about C.S. Lewis). He received seventeen awards from a variety of colleges (“A Biography of
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The Horse and His Boy The book I read for my book report was a fiction book called The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. This is the third book in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series and it was published in 1954. The story takes place in the make-believe land of Calormen and the also make-believe land of Narnia. It’s about a boy that runs away from his life of slavery and his adventure to come. I found this book to be adventurous‚ exciting‚ and suspesful (to an extent). It shows people how bravery
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The Book Thief All throughout her life Liesel faced a mountain that she had to overcome. When her brother died and her mother walked out on her‚ Liesel was faced fighting and overcoming abandonment. She did not have to fight by herself for long because she soon picked up partners that helped her along the way. Even though the journey was rough she reached the point where the battle was over and she could live happily. In the very beginning of the book Liesel is already faced
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Have you ever read the book ‚ “The Lion‚ The Witch ‚ and The Wardrobe ?” Lucy‚ Peter‚Susan‚ Edmund were compassionate in the story . They were all willing to help other people instead of themselves . Edmund started to get it at the end of the story because in the beginning of the story ‚ he was selfish and cruel to his siblings . The theme of this story is to “treat people the way you want to be treated .” First ‚ a lot of people can be very compassionate to help others . Alsan
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The Red Pyramid For my summer reading book I read The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. Before beginning I would like to note this book is based around Egyptian mythology. The story begins with the two main characters Carter and Sadie Kane who are visiting a British museum containing the Rosetta stone. they are with their father Julius Kane and suddenly while they are observing the Rosetta stone it opens a portal through to the place where the gods are and their dad gets sealed inside a coffin by
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RLG332H Reel Religion T.A.Ian Brown Prof. Ken Derry The Lion King By: Vanessa Figliomeni 998308987 Saturday February 21st 2015 2495 Walt Disney’s‚ The Lion King is a thought provoking film‚ which when carefully viewed‚ allows the audience to identify the religious connotations linked to it. In terms of the meaning of the film‚ The Lion King presents Simba as a human
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Male Speaker: This is a mystery story about Toby‚ Tabitha and the yellow monkey. It is the mystery of the moving rocks. One day‚ Toby‚ Tabitha and the yellow monkey were going to where there is some new construction and they had visited the day before. They had noticed some very pretty rocks off of the side of the road where they are building a new school. It wasn’t a house or anything like that‚ it was a new school. They decided that they were going to go play on the rocks that were right off
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My favorite television character is Raven Symone from the show "That’s So Raven". Raven is the main character of the show. Raven is the average teenage girl in high school she goes through the same types of trouble that any regular kid goes through. Raven has issues with friends‚ family‚ boyfriends and‚ enemies. There is just one thing about Raven that is not like other people‚ Raven can tell the future. Raven’s special powers cause all sorts of trouble because she doesn’t know if the visions
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