Classist Stereotypes In Voices In The Park By Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne has written the children’s book Voices in the Park, which has shifted the classist stereotypes. His book has shed light on the stereotypes: A) low-income households do not have time to spend with their children and B) high-income households have time to spend with their children. Anthony does the job of taking the aforementioned stereotypes and twisting them into a new, fresher perspective that are more contrary to the well-known ideas. There are no humans used in this book, instead there are primates as main characters. First, second, third and fourth voice are used in the telling of the story of four people that happen to come from two different families and backgrounds. At the very beginning of the book, First voice takes the stage and it is from the perspective of a mother. She does not have a name in this case, but she is the main focus of this voice. The mother is taking her “pedigree labrador”, Victoria, and son, Charlie, for a walk in the park. The street leading to the park

Employed or high-income parents are able to spend more time with, and more money on, their child(ren) opposed to their counterparts, and unemployed, working-class, or low-income parents are not able to spend time, or money, with their child(ren) than their counterparts are the two class stereotypes addressed in this book. In this case, Charlie’s mother would fall into the employed or higher income side of the class spectrum, while Smudge’s father falls on the immediate opposite side of this spectrum. Through illustrations, you can infer that Charlie comes from a household that is well of because of how tidy his appearance is. Smudge, on the other hand, comes from a household that does not necessarily have the funds to afford dapper clothing. Despite the fact they both come from different backgrounds, they do not discriminate against each