Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Analyzing Childrens Stories

Kitty Wants a Box-

  • In this story, there is a cat looking for the perfect box; one is too big, one too tall, one too short and one too small, one is too wide and the other is perfect inside! I think this story shows that we all have troubles and get stressed out, but in the end we always end up with the perfect resolution. The cat could not find a suitable box, but at the end she was content with her final box. This does not only happen with cats but with humans too, we may go to the mall and never find a suitable shirt but eventually we fall in love with another shirt!
  • This story would be appealing to children because it's very simple, easy to read, cute, and has a happy ending. Children are attracted to things like cats, and happy endings, so considering there is a cat finding it's happy ending I'd expect this to be a fairly well liked book
Fruit Salad-
  • In this story, there is 4 fruits deciding what they want to do with themselves. The apple cannot decide; after a sad period of time he meets his old friends again and realizes that their careers didn't pursue too well either. They end up going together and living happily ever after. This story shows that we are all equal and if we let go of what we love, if its meant to be it will come back. Even through sad periods of time we should realize that eventually we will have our happy ending, and this story shows that. After all, in order to ride off into the sunset you've got to drive on the bumpy road.
  • Children will like this story because of it's meaning. Children gravitate to cute stories with characters like fruits and who doesn't like a happy ending? This story has a deep meaning that children may not directly understand but it'll stick in the back of their minds.
Buzzy Bee
  • In this story, Buzzy Bee cannot resist the flowers. He ends up getting plenty of nectar from them and then swells up, his fellow bee friends come to save him. Buzzy Bee gave into the temptation and ended up embarrassed and hopeless. This story shows that giving in to temptation comes with consequences. If you do something that you know deep down isn't right, then there will be a punishment! 
  • Children will enjoy this story because it is comical. The bee made a stupid decision and ended up swelling all up and getting saved. This is funny to children because often embarrassment is comical, especially when it's an embarrassed bee. 

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