Kenneth Grahame

The story The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is considered by many critics as being one of many children’s classics that every child should read. This book has had many editions, most of them illustrated, unlike our version; also, we can find various versions of this story as films. This story at first glance seems to be a very good children’s novel, with animals and adventure, however it is much more than that, first of all this book has very complex words in it that even I had to look up

The Wind in the Willows: Kenneth Grahame and Neopaganism                 The beauty of the English countryside--cultivated or wild, pastoral or primeval, it was an endless source of inspiration for eighteenth-century Romantic poets. Such notables as Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley envisioned ancient and exotic Hellenic gods in familiar, typically British settings. Douglas Bush says of Keats, "For him the common sights of Hampstead Heath could suggest how poets had first conceived of fauns and

intense, overpowering fear Connotation: fear that is irrevocably strong Patiently pg.42 Denotation: calmly awaiting an outcome Connotation: waiting for something to happen while being calm and collected (Point Of View) The author Kenneth Grahame, originally told this story as a bunch of different bedtime stories. Grahame’s aim was to make his child happy with the

Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a little more than a year old, his father, an advocate, received an appointment as sheriff-substitute in Argyllshire at Inveraray on Loch Fyne. Kenneth loved the sea and was happy there, but when he was 5, his mother died from complications of childbirth, and his father, who had a drinking problem, gave over care of Kenneth, his brother Willie, his sister Helen and the new baby Roland to Granny Ingles, the children's grandmother

the Willows (published in 1908) by Kenneth Grahame is a children's fictional novel set in England during the early 20th century. This allegory from the stimulus booklet evokes feelings of magic and adventure but also feelings of reflection as we relate the actions of Ratty, Mole and Toad to our lives.Grahame evokes an imaginative journey within the mind of the reader as he questions "Which journey's do we take that we really want to experience?" Kenneth Grahame conveys this idea through Mole who

the most common personality traits shared amongst society, Kenneth Grahame’s literature features the theme of how making rash decisions can lead to dramatic effects to those around you. As this is still seen today through historical marks such as, the Zimmerman case which led to social movements across nations. Sadly not every selfish decision made leads to something greater. Such decisions include WWII and dictators amongst history. Kenneth Grahame’s use of personification by having animals represent

The novel The Wind in the Willows portrayed numerous aspects of the author Kenneth Grahame’s life within its contents. Some of these aspects included social, psychological, and other components of the author's life. Within his book parts of his life included were the people from his life. These people were Kenneth Grahame’s father, his son Alastair, and his friend Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. One of the people from his life who was transformed into a memorable character was his son Alastair. The Wind

a genre of literature that focuses on the bucolic aspects of nature and the countryside. The English countryside represents the ideal location for a pastoral work. One such work is the Edwardian children’s story, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Since its publication in 1908, the story has become a beloved children’s classic. However, the story represents Edwardian society in England, and uses anthropomorphized animals to represent Edwardian men. As a pastoral work, the events of

The Wind in the Willows describes four close friends and their adventures through the Wild Woods. Kenneth Grahame portrays the characters as animals who depict human behavior. Their journey of friendship is not always easy though. You see how each character grows throughout the novel, but society still makes their final judgment of each individual. The passage I chose to analyze, found on page 157, is a description from the narrator of what life is like for the friends after their adventures that

Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows was first thought out as stories for his son Alastair. Because Wind in the Willows was told first to entertain, Kenneth Grahame has broken all the rules. His book is written like a bedtime story, and Grahame allows him self to really have fun with this book. Rather than creating a story with a moral lesson for young children of the Victorian era, Grahame has indulged himself by avoiding realism, focusing on family values and is characters while also dealing with