Saturday, April 20, 2013

Connections Across Literature

Female Protagonist
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Dorothy) , Peter Pan (Wendy), The Secret Garden (Mary), The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe (Lucy)

Fantastic Protagonist
The Hobbit (Hobbit), The Wind in the Willows (Mr Mole, Mr Toad)

Frequent Adaptation, Revisited Across Time 
(the story remains prevalent to all generations)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Hobbit

Detailed and Frequent Illustrations
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, The Wind in the Willows

Travel Narrative
All novels analyzed

Themes of Growing up/ Loss of Innocence
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter Pan 

Theme of "Change for the Better"
The Secret Garden, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows

Theme of the divide between Fantasy and Reality
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Poetry and Song 
All novels analyzed

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