Monday, February 1, 2016

Week #3: Realistic Fiction

Literary Analysis



In the book, "Junie B. Jones Is Almost A Flower Girl," by Barbara Park there are about ten characters with speaking parts. There is Junie B. Jones, her mother, her father, her grandmother, Grampa Miller, Aunt Flo, Bo, Lucille, Grace, and Ricardo. In this story Junie B Jones is the main character. In the beginning of the book she is upset and jealous that her boyfriend Ricardo is spending time with another girl named Thelma. Junie shares her concerns with her mother and others. Her mother tried to explain to her that she is too young to have a boyfriend, yet Junie wants to have a boyfriend like her friends. Mostly, she really wants to be grown or adult like. Junie B. Jones ends up confiding in her friends  Lucille and Grace for advice on being a flower girl, because to her it is a grown up role. She even tries to surprise her Aunt Flo by inviting herself to be the flower girl in her aunt's wedding. Although, she ends up getting in trouble because she went behind her grandfather's back. Junie even, tries to wish Bo, the grooms sister would sick, so she can be the new flower girl. Towards the end of the story, Junie  tries to take Bo's pedals during the ceremony. Nevertheless, all in the end Junie becomes Bo's friend and proves to herself that she can be just like adults.

Throughout the plot Junie B. Jones is working hard to prove to her parents and others that she is grown. The settings in the story takes places at Junie's school, her house, and her Aunt Flo's wedding. The style and the language of the story is semi figurative language. There are a couple of metaphors used in the story. One of the examples of a metaphor Junie uses in the story is, "I've got loose feet, just like you said." (This is found on page 68 or the last page in the book. The tone of the story provides many descriptive words. It explains what people look like and it shares the sounds they make when in a certain mood. It really illustrates a picture of what is happening in the story at a particular moment.  The mood of the story is happy and sad. Junie B. Jones often finds herself very excited or extremely disappointed. The illustrations in the book are drawings, as if created from pencil strokes. There are not a lot of pictures. This book has one picture for every several pages. The point of view is shown from a 3rd person.

This is a fictional story however, there are some elements which makes this realistic. I believe the author effectively conveys these elements of the Junie B. Jones character. The characteristics of Junie B., is realistic to what some young girls can be like.  She had to be the center of attention and often seemed bossy. Overall, the theme or the central message of the story is that it's important to have patience. Throughout the story Junie B. Jones tries to take matters into her own hands, and it usually backfires on her. If only she would remain patient and not worry about trying to be like some else, she would not end up getting her feelings hurt. 

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