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Children's Literature

Seminar Week Four: The Children of the New Forest (1847)

Focus on chapter 6 (Wordsworth Classics edition, pp.53-62).

1. What does this chapter reveal about the children's new life in the forest and about the respective roles and characters of the different children?

2. What role or roles does Jacob play?

3. What does this chapter reveal about the developing relationship between Jacob and the children?

4. How would you describe the image or model of childhood that the novel is promoting?

5. What moral lessons or ideological values are being promoted?

6. Who is the intended reader? What is the likely impact of this chapter on the intended reader?

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