ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

SUBMITTED TO:- SONALI MA’AM

SUBMITTED BY:- MANSI RAJ(19/BAP/117)

SEMESTER:-6TH

COURSE:- B.A.PROGRAM

1. Analyse the features of children's literature in Fantastic Mr Fox.

ANS:- “Children's Literature” is defined as material written and produced for the information
or entertainment of children and young adults. It includes all non-fiction, literary and artistic
genres and physical formats. In the early days of the Library of Congress, children's
books arrived in an unsystematic fashion.
What are its characteristics?

• Simple and straightforward.

• Depends on action to maintain interest.
• Has characters that are children.
• Expresses a child's point of view.
• Is optimistic.
• Tends toward fantasy and accepts fanciful ideas without major concern of reality.

The Main Features of Children’s Literature

Encompassing a wide range of works, children’s literature provides far-reaching opportunities

for young kids to learn. It sheds light in so many aspects, helping children see the world clearer
than ever. Ensuring that children have access to various children’s books all the time will ensure
successful development. This is because when children establish a love for reading, they have
the chance to have more profound thoughts and establish emotional intelligence

Interesting and Relatable Scenarios

Children have a short attention span, which may be something that can break them off from
reading. That is why many children’s books authors pave their way to make their story
engaging, one that can make children want to finish reading the books. To make this possible,
it is important to provide exciting and relatable scenarios. With relatable scenarios, children
will be able to connect deeply with the story. Eventually, they will remember it clearly.
Children’s literature usually takes on subject matters that are familiar to the little ones, such as
fear, love, and adventure. As in THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX, we get to see the fear in the eyes
of foxes and other animals too when the three farmers were destroying their forest and were
hunting them. The love can be seen between animals as they were having each other’s back
and making sure to share food with each animal and the whole story is set on adventurous plot
be it Mr Fox hunting to feed family, or digging the ground to save his family from brutal hunt
and feeding them from digging to Farmer’s storage house.

The Right Message

Fantastic Mr. Fox questions our moral intuitions as Mr. Fox must steal to provide food for
his family. Sometimes breaking moral laws is necessary, argues Roald Dahl in “Fantastic
Mr. Fox.” In the novel, Mr. Fox must steal to feed his family. Although stealing is an
immoral thing, sometimes it must be done for a moral reason. In his story Dahl has conveyed
meaning to the importance of family and how the farmers were destroying forest and thus
enlightening childrens about the fact that cutting trees and clearing forests is something bad
and not good for the ecosystem.

(1) The Importance of Family

Though the fox family and the other animals go through a harrowing ordeal when the
farmers attempt to starve them out, and again when they attempt to dig up the hill, Mr.
Fox and the others never lose sight of the ultimate goal of making sure their families are
safe, fed, and happy. Mr. Fox and his children work together to dig tunnels and escape
from the dastardly farmers. Moreover, in the end, Mr. Fox throws a banquet for all of the
other animals, inviting them to come live with him and his wife and children and, in a
sense, join his family. They work together, survive together, and are ultimately better
and stronger together.

(2) Environmentalism

The story represents a conflict between Man and Nature, with the farmers symbolizing
mankind and the animals symbolizing the resilience of nature to human impact,
especially through the use of modern technology. The farmers have cultivated the land
and bred animals to get rich, and the wild animals attempt to use this to benefit as well
by stealing a small amount of the food. However, when the humans try to stop the
animals, they end up affecting not only the animal they want to kill (Mr. Fox), but also
the entire ecosystem by destroying most of the hill near their farms and starving all of
the animals in the area. However, in the end, the farmers are not as skilled nor
intelligent as the animals in the story, and the animals are able to continue living
peacefully with one another.

The Correct Length

Choosing a book will also require you to assess if the length is just about right for your children.
Children do not want to read a book that appears too long, or else it will become dragging or
dreading. Getting the appropriate books that contain the optimum level of length based on your
child’s age is a must. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl has approximately 96 pages.

Appealing Illustrations

Essentially, making sure that children are being exposed to the proper literature is always a
must. Literature helps them to prepare for the future. The benefits that are known to be received
by children from reading books will be carried throughout their lives. Thus, it is essential to
encourage children to start reading as early as possible. Many children's books use pictures to
help keep the reader interested and engaged and help them comprehend and remember the story
if their reading skills are still developing. Dahl uses pictures on almost every page of Fantastic
Mr. Fox to help readers visualize the story and underscore certain important moments and
symbols. For example, at the beginning of the book, the farmers are shown together with Bean
speaking emphatically to Boggis and Bunce, showing his leadership role in their group.
Later on, the digging machines that the farmers use to try to catch Mr. Fox are drawn in a very
scary way, with a digging claw almost like the mouth of a vicious animal, and the following
pages contain a series of pictures showing the transformation of the hill as the farmers use the
machines throughout the day, underscoring Dahl's message in the text of the story about the
farmers' effects on the environment.