“Winnie-The-Pooh” is a collection of tales about the adventures of Pooh and all his friends. This book is written like a narrative in which the author is the narrator. The collection of chapters do not all go along with one another and can be read separately without any particular order. This book starts off with the story about how Pooh was previously known as Edward Bear until he wanted a new name in which Christopher Robin, his owner, came up with the name Winnie-The-Pooh. The name Pooh came from a swam Christopher Robin had once before. After Pooh’s introduction the book goes on to talk about all the adventures Pooh went on throughout his life. One chapter talks about Pooh going through the trouble of sneaking honey from the bees by using …show more content…
All throughout the book Pooh is never embarking on journeys alone. He is always accompanied by a companion, whether it was Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, or the Rabbit. One of the most prominent relationships was between Pooh and Christopher Robin. At the end of some of the chapters, Christopher Robin is telling the narrator he was going to take a bath. He never manages to leave Pooh behind as “he picks him up by the leg, and walked up the stairs trailing Pooh behind him going bump, bump, bump up the stairs” (pg. 21 & 161). Pooh wasn’t just any old bear to Christopher Robin. Christopher adored Pooh and treated him as if he was real. He wanted the narrator to re-tell these stories for Pooh and tell him about their different adventures. Not only was this evident throughout the story, but also through the illustrations. Each illustration has a scene with Pooh and at least one other character showing their closeness. Children can relate to that one stuffed animal that they took everywhere with them. This is almost like one of the first friendships a child has. Although it is with a stuffed animal, the reader is able to get the sense of how much Pooh means to Christopher. Making and keeping friends is not always easy and in middle school this can be especially difficult. This would be a good lesson to teach them the
In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen, the main character Cole shows that it is never too late to change. Cole went from violent and careless to peaceful and sorry. Even after beating Peter Driscal’s head against the sidewalk.
I read the book Ghost Of Spirit Bear, which is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear. I decided I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Touching Spirit Bear. There are amazing conflicts and themes in this series, it truly inspires me.
In the book, The Boy Who Would Be A Helicopter, Vivian Paley (1990), a kindergarten teacher examines the role of stories and storytelling in teaching her students and addresses the development of friendship in the classroom. Paley (1990) describes her adventures in understanding and learning about the minds of her students as they go to multiple unknown places when in the process of play. Paley (1990) discusses what she has learned and discovered as her students play and act out the stories that come to their minds. Through Paley (1990)’s voice and the children’s play and conversations, the book follows the story of Jason a lonely boy and his triumph into the storytelling society of his classmates. This book review will critically evaluate the book’s usefulness in light of the course topics play and friendship.
Touching Spirit Bear and Ghost of Spirit Bear both are books that portray great themes, are inspiring, exciting, and a great read.
In life, people have made mistakes, but it doesn’t matter how far down the wrong road you go, you can always turn back. In the book, “Touching Spirit Bear”, by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole has always made bad choices, but goes to Circle Justice for it. He learns his way there because he realized that he can control his emotions. Also, when he soaks in the pond and throws the ancestor rock, he feels his mistakes and anger forgiving him because his feelings are no longer taking control of Cole. Finally, Cole can forgive and help his victim (Peter) heal after he learned his way at Circle Justice.
Imagine getting so mad at someone, then almost killing them and getting told to choose between jail or changing. That is what happens to Cole Matthews in Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole gets made at Peter Driscal and almost kills him. Cole has to choose between jail or a year on a island by himself as long as he agrees to change. The literary elements characterization, conflict, and theme helps the reader understand what Cole is going through.
During World War ll a man of 18 years old will be drafted for the Army right out of college. In the novel A Separate Piece I John Knowles there's a very tight bond between many characters throughout the book. For example Gene and Finny are the main focus of friendship. Their friendship is a combination of admiration, respect, jealousy, and resentment. For all the camaraderie between them, these boys are still driven by good old healthy competition. . As well s Brinker and Gene are beginning to have a tight Bond after the incident with Finny. 8/3 friendship in the novel is Gene and Leper. Throughout the novel there are a lot of ways that show a good friendship between 2 characters
Eleanor & Park is a young adult novel by Rainbow Rowell. This story is praised and loved by all ages because of it’s ability to relate to the reader with it’s varied issues and themes that anyone can relate to. From romance, to bullying and violence, it has a little something for everyone. Overall themes are an important asset to this young adult novel, since they are the ideas that Rainbow Rowell explores, and helps the story take shape. It all goes back into the “coming of age” theme. The protagonists, Eleanor and Park, are two 16 year olds facing life’s obstacles, such as bullying, abuse, and even romance. This book teaches many lessons that one reader might relate to; although taking place in 1986, the lessons still relate to this day, from relationships, to issues at home. Eleanor & Park is an exceptional book that even the most hardened reader can relate to, this book handles a lot of issues and themes that anyone can relate to, and dishes out life lessons that will impact the reader, it’s written in such a realistic way, that it feels like a real story, and that is not in any way fictional. This book is a great piece of fiction that blends in pop culture, issues, and romance all in one that anyone can read.
In “Recitatif,” a short story by Toni Morrison, Twyla and Roberta have their ups and downs. First meeting in a shelter where they were both dropped off, the two develop a friendship. As they grow older, the two will occasionally run into each other, sometimes things would go well and other times they would not. And almost every time they do meet up, there is something mentioned about Maggie. No matter how upsetting the encounter was with Roberta, Twyla was always able to hold her ground. This goes to show that Twyla is independent, clever, and stubborn which made her a stronger person.
Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird we can see multiple kinds of love, and how they affected all the characters in the story. First we can see Mayella's need for love and how it helps her decisions. Atticus then shows his love for Tom by defending him. Then Boo Radley shows his love by saving Jem and Scout. Even though these are different types of love, they all impact the story in a huge way.
Characterisation: There are only two characters in this book. A mother wombat and a baby wombat. They are brown and small.
An epic fantasy and a gloomy ranch life. True friends will never fade away. Or will it? Friendships and their outcome get very subjective evaluations. Both Steinbeck and Tolkien’s books: “Of Mice and Men” and “The Fellowship of the Rings” deal with a consistent theme of friendship. Although each author has their own distinct way of communicating their ideas, these books show similar views on the strength, consequences and limitations of friendship.
The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears begins in a cottage deep in the woods. This house is occupied by a family of bears: mama bear, papa bear and there only child baby bear. Their home is very neat and tidy. In the home, each bear has its own size chair, porridge bowl and bed which are all sized appropriately to the sizing of the bears. Not far away from where the bears house, lived a mischievous beautiful little girl with long soft blonde locks, who had an inquiring mind. Her name was Goldilocks
In the animated film Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki conveys several themes and main ideas. The themes and main ideas he conveys in the movie are that hatred corrupts and causes people to make bad decisions, shown through the boars, that greed corrupts and ruins,shown through Lady Eboshi, and that nature can only exist with help from humans, shown through Ashitaka.
In order for a child to develop productive social skills, it is important to choose toys to enhance active, imaginative play, and discourage time at the computer or television. A game in which a child is encouraged to think for themselves rather than sit motionless staring at an electronic screen, is better for the development of the child’s social skills (Moore, 2). Time spent with other children, rather the child’s own age or older, will help develop necessary social skills that will stick with the child through adulthood (Roode, 1). From the day they are born, infants and children begin to form relationships, these relationships eventually deepen and enable them to handle future relationships with others outside their initial circle (Roode, 1). The ability for a person to build and further relationships, make moral judgments, etc. can be enhanced with games played with a group of children, stuffed animals, puppets or instruments (Roode, 1).