El Amor y la Amistad by the philosopher Oscar Brenifier is a well-written book for children and preadolescents. The characters are very nicely illustrated by Jacques Després. Through this piece of literature the author handles with two relevant feelings: love and friendship.
This is an unusual book for its lack of a sequence of events. It shows different points of view concerning love and friendship, which allows not only kids but also preadolescents to relate the book’s situations with their everyday life. Moreover, the audience can interact with the reader giving their own opinions about the issues dealt, inviting them to reflect upon their own experiences with those feelings.
By using engaging pictures and flashy colours, the authors create an enjoyable book. Images and sentences go hand in hand. Through the pages contrast is portrayed with different colours and facial expressions in each character. The most meaningful and philosophical phrases are highlighted in every paragraph.
Even it´s not a typical book, Oscar Brenifier and Jacques Després let us reflect upon feelings and relationships. Presenting different perspectives about facts of life, El Amor y la Amistad is a perfect and different piece of literature that everyone should have in their bookshelves.
In my opinion, the sentence "through the pages contrast is portrayed with different colours and facial expressions in each character" is not very clear. I think that the idea of contrast should be explained in a better way. Someone who reads that sentence without reading the story previously, will not be able to understand the idea of contrast that is mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you!!
DeleteI also agree! There is a contrast... but between what?
DeleteYes!, now that I re-read it I think it is not clear enough the idea of CONTRAST.
Deleteyou are right! it's not clear.
DeleteIn my opinion, the idea of an interaction between the reader and the audience is inappropriate in this case. We can think is this kind of interaction when we speak about younger chidren, but pre-adolescents do not necessarily need "a reader". Maybe, it would be better to speak about a teacher, parents or the adult incharge of leading a debate.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is true Paula. We should have explained that though the intended readers are children then adolecents might be potential readers.
DeleteI´m not sure but I feel that the sentences in the introduction are not properly connected among them; don´t they seem to be three distinct ideas one put after the other without a meaningful connector to join them?
ReplyDeleteWell, I think that I missed that class so, as an outsider, there are some ideas that are not totally clear for me. For example, the second paragraph puts emphasis on the idea of interaction... but it doesn´t seem to be an interactive book, interaction and participation may come after reading it or simply may not (I´m sorry, I don´t know how to get to the point). I mean, is it more relevant in a review to put more emphasis on what we can do after reading a book rather than the characteristics of the book itself? Is then the intended reader we teachers?
I think that we should replace the adjectives "well-written" and "nicely" in the first paragraph. Those adjectives doesn´t seem to be appropiate to qualify the book nor the ilustrations. Don´t you think? Because the book isn´t just "well-written", it´s originally well-written. Remember that the autor intention is to make the readers reflect upon the topics exposed in the book, something which is not common in children literature.
ReplyDeleteBesides, there is no correlation between the characteristics mentioned in the first and in the second paragraph. Because for example the fact that it is an unusual book isn´t mentioned in the firts paragraph, and I think that it is a characteristic that should be firstly mentioned.
Yeeees, I think the same. There are many many more accurate words to describe this book, and yet we only say "nice" and "well". In my opinion, those words are extremely used in everyday life that they kind of lose the deepness of their actual meaning.
DeleteI totally agree with Amilcar. I did not read the text before as I was absent on the day that you worked with it. And when I had a look at the sentence quoted by Amilcar, it was not as clear as to understand its meaning.
ReplyDeleteI think that paragraph one can be followed directly by paragraph three, because both of them are talking about pictures, so if we organize the text in that way, it would be more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteIn the last paragraph, it says "Even it´s not a typical book, Oscar Brenifier and Jacques Després let us reflect upon feelings and relationships." First, we forgot the "if". And second, I don't see the connection between the two ideas (that it isn´t a typical book and allowed reflection). We are saying that non typical books don't let us reflect, but this one is an exception, right? Well, I don´t agree and I think you will agree with me. Maybe we can keep the idea of reflection, but get rid of "not a typical book" part.
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