Your essay must be referenced in accordance with MLA documentation rules and guidelines. See the learning commons website for MLA documentation rules.

Topics:

1. As rebecca lukens indicates, "plot is the sequence of events showing characters in action." (103) discuss the significance of plot in hana's suitcase or the paperbag princess. in doing so, explain how munsch or levine ensure that the plot both entertains children as well as teaches them about life and the nature of human reality.

2. Imagination is a vital means for arriving at new knowledge and experience about most things in our experience. how does either white or munsch use imagination to allow children to grow beyond their sense of everyday reality? pay special attention to the author's use of symbol, theme, and imagery with respect to the topic.

3. Theme in literature is the idea that holds the story together and which comments about society, human nature, or the human condition. what is the central theme of robert munsch's the paperbag princess or white's charlotte's web--and how does this central theme influence the development of characterization and plot?

4. Selecting any children's reading of your choice, discuss why it is successful with respect to the age group for which it is intended.

Need 2-3 pages of short essay.