The Famous Five - Enid Blyton
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The Famous Five - Enid Blyton
I read these over and over again as a kid; I thought I'd try reading the series again as a 40-something adult, as I'd loved them so.
There are many things I didn't pick up on as a kid:
Snobbish and patronising attitudes
Elitism
Casual racism
I hate all four of them (but not the dog )
Anyone else feel the same at this series?
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I don't know of anybody who has grown up racist due to having read Enid Blyton.
My 9 year old daughter loves Enid Blyton - not just the Famous Five, but many of her other books as well, and she has absolutely no judgement of other people of a different skin colour or race to herself at all. The issue of racism has never come up in our household, so it simply isn't a concept to her (or to my other children). Other people are just other people, that's all there is to it really. Skin colour is irrelevant.
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Maybe the positives we should take from re-reading her books is how much society, understanding and our values have changed for the better...
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The character of George is alos rather irritating. She is a girl who dresses up as a boy and always behaves like a boy. i somehow gives people the idea that a girl, as a girl, is not good enough. She has to behave like a boy in order to be brave and good enough.
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We were talking about her in class recently (I read with children on a voluntary basis) and one thing that came up was how much has had to be changed. These days they have taken out the references to gay(!) even though she simply meant happy, and also another reference to I think it was shandy or cider that the children used to drink and apparently even the vocabulary like golly has been 'updated' ... I could go on but I won't! As I pointed out in that debate, I really think the books should be left alone ... I still enjoy them to this day!
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-- 26 Jun 2016, 09:15 --
It is about how these five kids stumble upon adventure when they come together for their vacation in Kirrin Island which happens to be one of the kid's home place. The other 3 kids are cousins to this one and along with a dog they become The Famous Five. It is about how they are usually parted from the sight of their caregivers and happen to discover people, secrets, mysteries and adventure as a whole. The clever manner in which they escape the whole tension and solve the mysteries with Timmy (the dog) at their heels, occasionally helping them in it, is a very intriguing setting for children as well as for anyone even as an adult.teacher_jane1 wrote:I"m not familiar with these books! A quick summary?
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