people with different opinions and views clash in order to get their viewpoint across. These include about racism, gender and political events that have happened. Enid Blyton is a typical example, as she was a very controversial English child writer, whose books have been among the top sellers in the world ever since the 1930’s. Blyton was mainly recognized for her works like ‘The Secret Seven’, ‘The Famous Five’ and ‘Noddy’, just to name a few. However from the 1950’s onwards, these books became
Author 1: Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton whom was born on 11 August 1897 in East Dulwich, South London, was one of the distinguished authors of children’s storybooks. She has sold over 600 million copies of her works which made her books one of the bestsellers. Besides that, her books have also been translated into over 90 different languages. Although she had a good relationship with her parents, but soon after, her parents were separated, and she and her siblings had to put on an act whenever
Northern Lights and Tom's Midnight Garden which are both prizewinning, children's books will be discussed in relation to David Rudd's 'defence' of the work of Enid Blyton. This will be achieved by answering the following questions and tying them into Rudd's essay. How can the success of a children’s book best be quantified? What criteria are used for judging children’s books? How do the chosen texts stand up to this criteria? Who are different groups that judge children's books and what criteria
Tennyson includes Enide in two out of the four Idylls of the King. Both "The Marriage of Geraint" and "Geraint and Enide" were written between 1809 and 1892. Enide also appears in some lesser-known, more modern works. These include two plays: Ernest Rhyís Enid: A Lyric Play (1918) and Donald R. Raweís Geraint: last of the Arthurians (1972), and Marion Lee Reynoldsí poem Geraint of Devon (Lupack). Enide, daughter of a poor Earl, although dressed shabbily, is described to be the most beautiful woman ever
controversial aspect of Enid Blyton is how some of her works can be accused of being racist, in particular, ‘The Three Golliwogs’. These are black dolls, with very dark, jet black skin with large white edged eyes, red clown lips and frizzy hair. They began their life in the 1940’s, where Florence Kate Upton created them and based them on a character that she had at home and were they were seen as a popular fiction character up until 1970’s where problems began to emerge with them. Enid Blyton’s books them
1. I’ve read the book Five get into trouble written by Enid Blyton. It was about four children, named Dick, Anne, George and Julian, a dog named Timmy and their crazy cycling adventure. A lot of weird things happened to them during their adventure. Dick was kidnapped and the children met a mystery boy called Richard. Their mission was to save Dick from the kidnappers and to teach Richard a lesson. 2. Julian, Dick and Anne are siblings and George is their cousin. Julian is a boy with dark hair, he
Rudd’s (2009) essay evaluates Enid Blyton’s work offering a different perspective to account for the appeal and popularity of the author. This essay looks at the aspects raised by Rudd. How Blyton, Pullman and Ransom illustrate the different aspects of a good or a bad book. The way critics confer prestige on a book or author and the arising criticism. How the agenda of the committees affects the selection of prize-winners. Finally, looking at the factors involved in success. The set books used in
A world in which old men can be degraded and abused, a world in which people wearing dirty, unwashed, striped uniforms are not seen as being oppressed, a world in which a starving boy of identical age yet vastly different physique is seen as simply being unfortunate - such a world cannot exist. Or can it? In the world of Bruno, this is precisely the way the world is. John Boyne's book "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" invites the readers to embark on an imaginative journey at two levels. At the
Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares Works Cited Missing The text I have chosen to focus on is Irvine Welsh's, 'Marabou Stork Nightmares,' as I have found it particularly interesting I comparison to the other novels. Irvine Welsh introduces us to the wildly active, albeit coma-beset mind of Roy Strang, whose hallucinatory quest to eradicate the evil Marabou Stork keeps being interrupted by disturbing memories of social and family dysfunction that brought him to this state. In the novel
interesting challenges for the translator. Also, it contains several cultural markers; its text is abundant of references from other popular books for children. For instance, we can notice innumerable aspects from mystery and adventure series written by Enid Blyton within the world of Harry. The writer also uses her acquaintances of French and Latin in her origination of names and ideas that appertain to her fantasy universe. In addition, this second novel of the Harry Potter series is an exceptional case