Bambi (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Siegmund Salzmann
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: Indefinite
- Setting: A forest
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable, Bildungsroman, Animal tale
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Nature, Friendship, Death or dying, Forests or forestry, Hunting or hunters, Deer, Animals
- Locales: Europe
Characters Discussed
Bambi, a deer who as a fawn longs to be with his mother and his cousins, who asks many questions of his forest friends and learns much through their answers and his own observations, and who at last in maturity learns to stay by himself. The Old Prince, a wise old stag who befriends Bambi, gives him much sage advice, saves him once from Man, and, after Bambi has been wounded by a hunter, instructs him about herbs that will heal him.
Bambi’s Mother, who lovingly cares for young Bambi and teaches him forest lore and how to protect himself from Man....
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