The Wind in the Willows Essays

The media center should keep Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman. Toad Rage is about a toad with a crook leg named Limpy trying to save his species. For whatever reason humans will go out of their way to squash or run over cane toads. There is a contest in the book somewhat like the Olympics called The Games. Limpy’s mission is to become a Games mascot so people will stop squashing other cane toads. I feel that Toad Rage should stay in the media center because the author writes using a lot of humor and

By using teamwork everyone achieves more. Learning the importance of teamwork and helping one another is a very important aspect in children’s literature. Two works of literature that show the significance of teamwork and friendship are “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame and “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White. Both of these novels show how the community can work together to achieve a common goal. These novels also show how friends are there to support each other in tough times and how everyone

John and Toad were traveling to a shrine in Canterbury. As they were traveling by foot. They stopped near a water fountain in the middle of the Desert. John and Toad were dehydrated and needed to consume liquids. Toad attempted to use the water fountain but the water fountain does not work. My body craves thirst My body feels hurt Mentally i will burst Stumbling, Toad hits the Dirt. John runs to Toad as he is lying on the floor and attempts to wake him up. After multiple attempts to wake him up.

Through out the book The Wind and The Willows, we see how different kinds of parents from the nineteenth century took care of their children, in a different way than how we would in today's world. Many of the children that we see in this book are disobedient, spoiled, and throw fits to get what they want. These children did not have parents that wanted to be around them, and because of that it affected the children negativity. One child in the book, has a mother that loves him, takes care of him

One of the main characters of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows is Mr. Toad, an obsessive toad. Mr. Toad is a young obsessive toad that lives on the riverbank. He first obsesses with cars and when he sees one speed by and will do anything to drive one. Later on Toad learns that friends are more important than any car and he should always listen to them. Besides being obsessive, Mr. Toad does something well, too. Being a polite animal, which is a great responsibility in life. “No animal, according

that shows symbolism and draws emotion out of me would have to be a weeping willow tree. The weeping willow tree is elegant, girly, but has a tragically beautiful side to it. I am like a weeping willow in many ways, I come off light but friendly and girly, but I also have my sadness and secrets that I show but not in distinct ways. Like a weeping willow I am grace and bubbly if you will. When you think of a weeping willow what do you think of? I think of ginormous and beautiful trees with pink and

spirit, Grandmother Willow, “I dream I am running through the woods and I see a spinning arrow. It spins faster and faster until it suddenly stops. Then I wake up” (390). When John Smith lands on the shores of her tribes land, Pocahontas suddenly begins to make the connections to her dreams. She sees John’s compass arrow spinning, and she knows

The Medicinal Properties of the Willow Tree Overview The willow tree has been used since ancient civilizations for its ornament, erosion control, timber, and especially its bark. The story of the willow tree dates to Hippocrates, 4000 BC, when people were advised to chew on the bark of a willow tree to lessen inflammation and reduce fever. The bark of the tree contains a compound called salicylic acid, which is a common ingredient in aspirin and is known for a multitude of medicinal effects ranging

young willow tree that lived by a big rushing river surrounded by large, flowing meadows. The willow tree lived in harmony with the few insects and animals that lived nearby. It had a happy, simple existence. It would watch the birds fly all day, and listen to the crickets play their calming symphonies all night in the summer and the wolf’s howl in the winter. One bright and sunny day, a family of foxes came to the willow’s waterfront home. The mother of the foxes approached the willow and

There are about 250-300 species of willows, with over 70 being native to North America. Willows are found all over the world, with the exception of Australia. About 92 of these species are native to the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, California, and some Canadian Provinces. They are from the kingdom Plantae and the family Salicaceae. They are also from the genus Salix L, which is Latin for Willow. Most willows do not live past 70, and many do not grow very large, with most of the

The Weeping Willow From the time I was born to the time I was 6, I spent most of my time in my back with a 20 foot willow tree. The willow tree was planted as a seedling when I was born. I hadn’t started school, so I didn’t even have a chance to make friends. I looked at the willow tree as if it were my friend. It was like we had a connection because when I was happy, it seemed to dance in the wind and when I was sad, it seemed to be the perfect hugger. The branches were set perfectly for me to

In the beginning of the poem, the speaker uses varied imagery to show the extent of the girls free spirit and imagination. She goes to a willow grove “on [her] two bare feet” which she refers to as “[her] stable.” This opening to the poem both expresses how in depth the girls creativeness goes as she creates an imaginary stable out of a normal grouping of willow trees but also shows that she cares little for the typical gender roles of girls. Girls at that

in 1867. This character is named Otter. He is fairly young at the start of the book, and is much older at the end. In the village Three Willows, within the Kwangtung Province of China, Otter goes to school like most other kids, yet is viewed in his class as a more special kid which leads to a few others having a bully-like attitude in response to him. Otter winds up killing a Manchu, one of the people who conquered the province he lives in, and is put on a boat by his adoptive mother to “The Golden

and 70° to 180° East longitude. Winters can be very cold with the temperature reaching -30° to -40° Fahrenheit. However the Summers are very cool with temperatures reaching around 50° Fahrenheit. The tundra is also an extremely windy area, with winds often blowing between 30 to 60 miles per hour. In terms of precipitation, however, the tundra is most like a desert, with average precipitation only about six to ten inches, usually snow. It has all four season, although it is mainly summer and winter

The Wind: It Sleeps Upstairs Abandoned homes, they sing to me a song of yesteryear. At night, they cry a ghostly tune, of lives worn ’way by time. Just listen close: the gentle coo, as soulful as a loon. They whisper secrets long not said: to none but you and me. Across a nation, wide and far, from there to here and more. On winsome lanes and dusty trails, they stood, they stand and lean. Thistles bloom to comfort them; long reeds bend in the wind. Near flattened shields of rock and lakes, a prairie

on the excursion, as well as morphological adaptations organisms use to survive in these landscapes. These coastal environments can be a harsh place for species to make a living. Factors such as solar radiation, desiccation, sand showering, coastal winds, nutrient deficient soil, invasive species, and structural instability are all factors species in these areas have to cope with. However, despite these challenges these communities have found a way to thrive and are teeming with life. Prairie fields

which is a reason to help others. Also, more figuratively, turning up the collar on your coat can mean that you are shutting people out and only thinking about yourself. “They follow each other on the wind ya’ know, ‘cause they got nowhere to go” (stanza 3, lines 3-4). By “follow each other on the wind ya’ know” he is talking about homeless people. They follow each other wherever life takes them, since they do not have a specific home to stay at. “A

Fantastic Fantasy Films From The 80s Last week was about 5 Cult, Underrated, Must Watch, Fantasy Films, where we looked at 5 films from across 5 decades – 50s: 'The Seventh Seal, 60s: 'Jason and the Argonauts', 70s: 'Wizards', 80s: 'The Dark Crystal', and 90s: 'Being John Malkovich'. Fantasy films, with elements of the exotic and the surreal, and with extraordinary themes like magic, legends, myths, folklore and the supernatural, had always been extremely popular with a subset. But even though

reader think that she is satisfied with what she has and never actually wanted to leave or go elsewhere. The word "willow" is used to describe her by the author, telling the reader than she is one who just goes with the flow, or with whatever she is told to do, instead of rebelling, as a willow is a gentle plant that just sways along with the wind, rather than standing stiff when the wind blows past. The second sister, however, "relinquished her name" to cross to America, and rebelled unremittingly

Scars are the body’s way of closing a major cut. The play The Tempest, William Shakespeare and poem “Caliban”, J. P. Dancing Bear be used to cite text for Caliban. The loss of the island, his mother and how it changed Caliban’s life. In The Tempest and “Caliban”, Caliban's experiences of his mother are similar, his thoughts and feelings have changed and he behaves differently towards his mother. Caliban’s experiences with his mother are similar since she passed away Caliban hasn’t learned the ways