ENG 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mordecai Richler, Alligator Pie, Beaver Dam

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2110
• Professor: Aida Hudson

Document Summary

And they are based on the song of our language. It was this collecion of rhymes that catapulted him into fame. He became aware of the need for canadian children"s poems that were relecive of a. Canadian children"s growing up, and it was the irst ime they heard references to canada, and where they grew up. We have the iconic rcmp oicer on the cover. He is not menioned in the poems, but we get it, he"s a canadian icon in the imagery. The alligator is given a smile, there is nothing scary about it, it"s for children. Poems loose, light, and sill somewhat teaches a message (ratlesnake skipping stone) The poems can he interacive, like in in kamloops . Newfeldt captures a lot of the joy of the verses. Skyscraper, is an homage to skyscrapers, to toronto. He makes the illustraion lat again, but he puts joy into the sun"s face.