(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Make Way for Ducklings

            
             The children's book Make Way for Ducklings, which was written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, was one of my favorite children's books when I was a child. It is about two mallard ducks trying to find a place to raise their family. They decided to settle in Boston near the Charles River. Before choosing to stay at the Charles River they looked at the Public Garden where people fed them peanuts and where it was easy to find food. They decided to look further after a boy on a bike almost ran them over.
             The Mr. and Mrs. Mallard meet Officer Michael who occasionally feed them peanuts and help them around the city. When the ducklings are hatched and have grown a little Mr. Mallard decides to take a trip down the river and tells Mrs. Mallard to meet him at the Public Garden in one week. This is when the Mallards decide to move the ducklings to the Public Garden where it is easier to find food. Mrs. Mallard walks her children threw the city to the Public Garden with the help of Officer Michael and four other Boston Police Officers. When they finally reached the Public Garden they make a new home on the small island in the middle of the Public Garden.
             As a small child I believe that this book made sense to me at around the age of six or seven. The language used is fairly easy although the story is a little complex. It I hard for children that young to understand the concept that animals have to find a place to live so that they can raise their families. That is the one thing that took me so long to understand in the book. What I mean by this is the first line of the story. It starts out right away stating "Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live. But every time Mr. Mallard saw what looked like a nice place, Mrs. Mallard said it was no good. There were sure to be foxes in the woods or turtles in the water, and she was not going to raise a family where there might be foxes or turtles" (McCloskey).


Essays Related to Make Way for Ducklings

1. "Compare and contrast three different texts

... be a racial gesture or racial discrimination. The types of ideas portrayed in the books did link significantly, yet at the same time, they did contrast dramatically. For example, shall we say they type of conflict in each book. In Almost French we noticed a reasonably young Australian girl, looking to endeavour a change of ... which involves a young cygnet being misplaced into the wrong nest, spends a childhood with arrogant fellow ducklings that taunt him day and night. Like in "Almost French" we notice that only one person really does stick up for the ugly duckling. This is the "Mother...

  • Word Count: 886
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Good Looks Do Matter by Rita Panahi

... children better, but they also take more care with them, observing them with "greater vigilance". While the "ugly ducklings" were allowed to "wander away", attractive children were three times more likely to be strapped into the shopping trolley and ... the population". Panahi uses this statement to appeal to the family values of the audience, making parents feel a certain amount of responsibility for their children's academic success or failure. This seemingly "unfair" combination of both "beauty and brains" contradicts the general ... more positively towards attractive people at the ...

  • Word Count: 1311
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Graduate

3. George Orwell

... the rebellious preaching of Old Major, (the main pig) founder of communism in Animal Farm. Each animal has different features and attitude; the pigs, for example, "settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform", which is a hint of their future role. Clover, the affectionate horse, ... on the other hand " made a sort of wall" with her foreleg to protect some ducklings. So, it seems as though the revolution was doomed from the beginning, even though it began in naive hopefulness as expressed by the motto, ... all brothers". "Animal Farm" effectively presents how the stra...

  • Word Count: 494
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

4. STRICTLY BALLROOM

... a mythical/fairy tale story, of which I try to embrace. The intention of the curtains is to make the audience to feel as if they are physical sitting in front of a grand stage. Waiting for the ballroom dancers to come out and swirl around the room in their magnificent costumes. The viewer is ... wonderful ballroom dancers are sprung into action in front of the screen. Our eyes become focused on how the ballroom dancers spin around. I really like they way I use the black and white to interpret blankness, then into this shower of colour to create this image of a perfect world. There is no...

  • Word Count: 3576
  • Approx Pages: 14
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Evil in The Ugly Duckling

... he sneaks into in order to escape the cold. The hen and cat are prime examples of evil in, not only the ugly ducklings life but also life in general, they not only make fun of how ugly he is, but they also tell him he is inferior because he cannot purr or lay eggs. They epitomize ... don't care about how anyone else feels and believe that anybody that is not exactly like them, is inferior and therefore not worth their time. This is how they make the duckling feel and, as a result, he leaves the house at the lowest point in it's life. At this point in the story one can tell that ... the ...

  • Word Count: 1417
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: High School

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question