Talk:Death in children's literature
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
[edit]- In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland these mentions of death occur:
- Alice jokes that if she falls and dies, she will be "quite a story back home".
- The Queen of Hearts sentences several people to beheading (but the King of Hearts always repeals the sentence).
- The mechanics of beheading are discussed when the queen tells the executioner to behead the Cheshire Cat.
- In included poems which are separate stories:-
- Humpty Dumpty has a fatal fall from a wall.
- Some oysters are represented as walking and talking, then the Walrus and the Carpenter eat them.
List of books
[edit]- Here is the list of books, in case someone deletes Category:Children's books about death:-
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Robin Hood
- Humpty Dumpty
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- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Little Match Girl
- The Little Mermaid
- A Little Princess
- Little Women
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