Thursday 27 January 2011

About the Book and brainstorm

James and the giant Peach
Key Themes

Peach, adventure, escape, travel, Phobias, Family, Abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Insects, Violence, New York, England, Dover, Sea, Weather.

Characters and visual details


Family...
James Henery Trotter -Main character, boy
Aunt Sponge - fat
Aunt Spiker - Skinny

The insects...
Old green grass-hopper- wise, short horned, sometimes wears a top hat
Centipede- wears shoes, 42 leg, can be aggressive
Miss Spider- Dominant
Silkworm- quite, spends most the time sleeping
Glow-worm- shy, old, shines a green light
Lady bird- mothering, nine spots
Earthworm- has a phobia of birds

Other characters James meets
Stranger -old man, bald with bushy beard
cloud- men- live on clouds making weather
People of New York - greet James at the end