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Module 5 Assignment: Children's Literature Book Thematic Analysis

Module 5 Assignment: Children's Literature Book Thematic Analysis

Q Children's Literature Book Thematic Analysis Find an example of aging or older adults in some work of children’s literature, loosely defined as literature intended for an audience from infancy to roughly age 10. You don’t need to purchase the book. You should have a look at the USF Library as well as your local public library to see items in their collection. Students should be prepared to write an essay that specifically addressed the following items: • a brief summary of the book (including year of publication); • a discussion of how the book depicted older adults and/or the agingexperience (including a picture of any illustrations of aging or an olderadult- the inclusion of an image doesn’t count towards the page limit); • analysis of the book’s strengths and weaknesses in how it addresses aging and older adults; • identification of major themes and discussion about their significance; and • how the themes and portrayal of aging connects to other portrayals of aging in materials (film, readings, etc.) in the course. Please upload your submission in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format only.

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A Children’s book that has many aging characters and even more importantly it has highlighted the process of aging is J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This book being the first of the Harry Potter series was published in Britain in 1997 which was about a wizard boy. This was initially written for children but the plot and the characters of the story soon attracted the adult audience.