Antagonist In Children Literature Essay

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It is undeniable that children literatures are consider as best tools to socialize a children in a society. Author use different methods like characters, themes and illustrations to provide knowledge and skills to understand a literature world that is similar to the real world. Children come to know how to survive in the society. Similarly, implementation of antagonist in children’s literature is a method that inculcate ability in children to fight for their rights and fight for goals that they want to achieve. So, Antagonist is a term in the children literature that resist the protagonist to achieve his goal. Antagonist plays very important role to develop character or protagonist character, bring climax in story and make the story interesting. …show more content…

So, inability or lack of ability to get something acts as an antagonist. Let’s understand it with an example, Tina who is Margaret mother, she never speak in front of his Husband, but she raised her voice for Margaret (Phillips, 134). Here fear was acts as an antagonist. She fights against her fear of husband and raised voice for the right of her daughter. Another example, Jesse does not like Leslie when they met first time to each other. Here is two internal antagonist, first is gender and second is mentality of Jesse. Jesse does not consider she is an appropriate friend for him. Even, she also demolish his dream of faster runner. Finally, Leslie efforts and her friendly behavior wins Jesse and they become a very good friends (Paterson). Let’s understand it with one more example, when Zulma tell the Harriet that shell missed her grandmother and wanted to go back in his country. Harriet (Margaret) decided to help her friend Zulma on same day. Although she was 16 year old children and she did not have power but she never lose her courage. First, she convinced her mother to help Zulma with help of Mrs.Billing. Then, they all women plan to send Zulma back and Harriet took step against her father. Finally, she get success to bring zulma back to Tobago after facing many …show more content…

Sometimes readers do not think about turning point, and this turning point brings a suspense in the story. Climax could be arise due to one antagonist or group of antagonist. Ether antagonist could be one of them internal, human and environmental or all. One day, Jesse go out with Miss Edmunds. When he came back to home and Brenda said "Your girlfriend’s dead, and Momma thought you was dead, too."(Paterson, 60). First Jess did not believe Leslie has died while she was swinging through rope to reach “Terabithia” and rope break and she fell down and die but later he had to believe. The rope which was a bridge to reach “Terabithia” world acts as antagonist. Here two suspense arise, first, Jesse lost his friend Leslie and he could not do magic in “Terabithia” without Leslie. She was only his friend who was the creator of “Terabithia”. Second is that who will do magic with “Terabithia” world because Jesse cannot do that. These type question will occur in the mind of reader and make the story interesting for reader. Sometime readers start guessing of next part of story. Children novels get more attractive for reader and read stories with more

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