Post 4 Essay Topic

The focus for my paper will be the representation of children in literature. To do this I will be looking at 3 books, Matilda by Ronald Dahl, A Series of Unfortunate Events Book1 by Lemony Snicket and Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. I choose these books because they represent to main factors in children’s books, “the magical child” and the “smart” kid. I like Matilda and Harry Potter for this especially. I feel that they both show case this quality in their main characters the best.
Along with the actual books I will be using a variety if secondary sources. I want to look at how other people view these characters. I know that I will find a lot of information on the “magical” kid aspect because people debate it so much. I was hoping to use the internet for additional information but I was also hoping to go as far and get some feedback from actual kids who read these books. This is my tentative plan at the moment.