The Wind in the Willows | Topics for Further Study

Grahame focuses on the mammals, and one amphibian, that live in and around a river. What else can be found in a riverbank ecosystem? Write a 500-word essay considering Grahame’s depiction of a riverbank as it compares with actual river ecology.

Read Animal Farm, by George Orwell. How does his use of anthropomorphized animals differ from that of Grahame’s? How are they similar? What sort of literary devices does each take advantage of through the use of animals?

Read or attend a performance of A. A. Milne’s Toad of...

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