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※ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( picaresque novel , bildungsroman)  (the third omniscient point of view) by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.

※ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 

Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English.

 It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

※ Picaresque novel (  picaresco )is a genre of prose fiction which depicts the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.

※ Beautiful Soup by Lewis Carroll 

※ Seven deadly sins is a Western religious grouping and classification of vices.

Though the sins have fluctuated over time, the currently recognized list includes pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. 

Seven virtues :  prudence, justice, temperance, courage (or fortitude),  faith, hope, and charity (or love). 

※ Nibble

※ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum.

characters:

Dorothy :  she is a young girl who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her little dog Toto 

Scarecrow : he reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one.

Tin Woodman : he desires for a heart.

※ Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. 

Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish or "fairy-tales" in English, express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", and many more.

※ The Nightingale (fairy tale) 

The emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.

※ Brothers Grimm

they were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century.

※ Morale is the capacity of a group's members to maintain belief in an institution or goal

    Moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event.

※ Aesop's Fables (  Aesopica ) is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE.

" An ass eating thistles "    " The Ass Carrying Salt "  "The Farmer and His Sons "

※ To Kill a Mockingbird

The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. 

characters

Atticus Finch  ---  He was once known as "One-Shot Finch" because of his skill with rifles 

Scout Finch ( tomboy ) is the narrator and To Kill a Mockingbird is told by an adult Scout who often comments on how she could not understand something at the time but now can appreciate it. 

※ " What Are Little Boys Made Of ? "

Here is a representative modern version of the lyrics:

※"  Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater " is an English language nursery rhyme. 

 Common modern versions include:

※ I feel quite move.

※  “there's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.”

※ Miss Potter

https://youtu.be/RKhAiWmuU8o

※ Fantasy  is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are common.

1. Winnie the Pooh (toy fantasy)     2. Charlotte's Web  (animal fantasy)       3. The Tale of Peter Rabbit  (animal fantasy)

※ The Tale of Peter Rabbit  is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. 

anthropomorphic characters

※ Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.