In the book Stuart Little I appreciated the fact that the story always makes you feel like a child again, it made me remember crouching in the corner of my room reading until I fell asleep. I appreciate that moment because I didn't even remember those moments until I reached the last page of the book. It even inspired me to sit in that spot again and write this appreciation. As I revisited the book I also revisited my thoughts and ideas from the first time I read the book. As well revisiting thoughts and ideas I came up with many new and interesting ideas and also a new perspective for the book. Those new thoughts and ideas included: ‘How could Stuart have known that Margalo even wanted him to find her?’ and ‘Why didn’t Stuart fulfill his mission of finding Margalo in the book?’ as well as many others new notes. Then after gathering more information from E.B White’s personal essays and quotes I felt I started to understand where White was coming from and how his books come together, only then I could find the true meanings of his ideas.
One big thing I noticed as I read the this book for the second time is that Stuart was told to look for Margalo in the north because that is where she would migrate but Stuart ended up going in the opposite direction ending up in the southwest. When I realized this I sat and thought about it all through ELA, during Project REAL and even in my free time just thinking about why that happened, I even had discussions with my group and others who had read the book. In the end, I have not come up with the answer just yet but the conclusion I came to was Stuart originally did set out to find Margalo but he was doing it because it was the first thing he could think to do but, as he was out in the world he realized that was what he really needed.
I really appreciate Stuart because it brought back so many childhood memories and new perspectives.
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