Woolvs in the Sitee Analysis

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Tiffany O’Brien ‘Woolvs in the Sitee’ Anne Spudvilas and Margaret Wild ‘Woolvs in the Sitee’ is a children’s picture book. A young boy called Ben has lost his family to the ‘woolvs’. His whole life is revolved around the ‘woolvs’ outside his basement/room. Lost in an eccentric and sinister world, Ben hides from the ‘woovls’. His one and only friend ‘Missus Radinski’, doesn’t believe the ‘woolvs’ exist, up until it’s too late. Alone, Ben must go out into the streets and confront what he dreads the most. The thrilling picture book aims its target audience at children. Ben experiences a whole disconnection to the outside world due to his great fear of the ‘woolvs’ therefore he does not belong. Your perception of an environment can influence your experience of either belonging or not belonging. By Ben experiencing fear and being so bound up by the outside world, he develops this barrier to belonging. He is so convinced that the ‘woolvs’ are out to get him. So he isolates himself away from everything in the world. Spudvilas and Wild have chosen to isolate Ben to portray the idea he is detached and afraid of the world, and through this he doesn’t belong. Throughout the ‘Woolvs in the Sitee’ the composer uses dark, shady and mysterious colours. Against the colours there are sharp stokes, which creates a harsh but meaningful image. Black is used to represent the fear, terror, anxiety and fright Ben experiences. Red is also added to show danger or threat. However, in the ‘Woolvs in the Sitee’ there are pale colours, such as light yellow to indicate Ben is calm with ‘Missus Radinski’, and the creamy colours to illustrate calm and tranquillity towards the end. These colours affect the whole book, giving the responder the idea that Ben struggles with his fear. This is alleviated by the relationship with ‘Missus Radinski’. This highlights the fluid notion of belonging,
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