Analyzing Themes In Don Freeman's 'Corduroy'

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Corduroy is a children’s book by Don Freeman, it shows the “life” of a bear living in a toy department of a large store. One day a little girl named Lisa finds Corduroy and asks her mother if she can buy him. Her mother says, “no”, because Corduroy is missing a button. When other toys were asleep that same night, Corduroy goes off into the store to find a button. He sees a mattress of buttons and tries to pull one off thinking that it is his, and ends up falling on the floor, knocking a lamp down. A male security guard comes and puts him back on the shelf. The next day, the little girl returns to the store with money to buy him and brings him back to her house, giving Corduroy his first home. There are many themes in this story, one of the many themes are that it is wrong to judge someone or something by its appearance, an example of this within the book is when the girls mom explains to her one of the reasons that she does not want to purchase the bear for her daughter. “I've spent too much already. Besides, he doesn't look new. He's lost the button to one of his shoulder straps.” …show more content…

He talks, walks, and thinks like a human. Because Corduroy shows human like actions is an example of personification. It can also be fiction because in some parts of the story show real life situations such as it showing sentimental emotions in the beginning of the story when no one would buy him. Then it transitions to a more anxious and exciting mood when the little girl game back to the store to purchase Corduroy the

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