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This book review summarizes Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows". It introduces the main characters - Mole, Rat, Toad, Badger, and Otter - and their distinct personalities. Toad is immature and enjoys reckless acts like crashing vehicles, while Mole is sensible. The review describes key events like Toad being imprisoned for his crimes and the other animals invading Toad Hall during his absence. It concludes that the story is an important work of children's literature that features anthropomorphized animals and British humor, and remains an enjoyable read for both children and adults.

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This book review summarizes Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows". It introduces the main characters - Mole, Rat, Toad, Badger, and Otter - and their distinct personalities. Toad is immature and enjoys reckless acts like crashing vehicles, while Mole is sensible. The review describes key events like Toad being imprisoned for his crimes and the other animals invading Toad Hall during his absence. It concludes that the story is an important work of children's literature that features anthropomorphized animals and British humor, and remains an enjoyable read for both children and adults.

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Book review of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’

Introduction
Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is a novel aimed at youngsters. The plot, itself, is
not American humor, but that of Great Britain. In terms of sarcasm, and British-related jokes.
The novel illustrates a fair mix of the relationships between the human-like animals, and wildlife.
The narrative acts as an important milestone in post-Victorian children’s literature.

The characters featured in this book are Mole, Rat, Toad, Badger, & Otter. Toad showing
big-headed & childlike traits. Mole shows traits of reasoning and sensible behavior patterns.
Badger shows traits of kindness and hospitality. Otter possesses traits of intelligence. All these
characters participate equally in the narrative of both thrilling and neo-noir.

Body
“When are you going to be sensible, and think of your friends, and try and be a credit to them?”
One of the problems with Toad is that he enjoys crashing motor vehicles. As a result, Rat tries to
talk some sense into him. Though, this doesn’t work. Toad is illustrated as a child stuck in an
adult’s body. Furthermore, Rat always re-enforces the act of growing up onto Toad, and not to be
careless for others.

As a result of Toad’s motorcar crimes, he is sent to a deepest, darkest dungeon to pay for his
crimes. “Toad Hall ... is an eligible self-contained gentleman's residence ... replete with every
modern convenience.” Toad, being the character showing the most affluence owns his own
manner house. Having regained his big-headedness. During his sentence, he started to boast

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about this mansion and great wealth. While being chained to a black weight. Furthermore,
surviving on a diet of bobilit and squeak.

“Now then, follow me! Mole first, 'cos I'm very pleased with him; Rat next; Toad last.” Badger
starts an invasion at Toad Hall. With this in mind, Mole begins to show traits of maturity. As a
result of this invasion, Toad’s behavior illustrates the opposite of Mole. His ordeal is going back
to the dungeon, like a child being anxious about going to their bedroom for misbehaving.

“For it has roused a longing in me that is a pain.” While in search of a missing infant otter, Rat
becomes faced with noise coming from a piper. The quote focuses on the main idea of the
author’s intention in writing the novel. The focuses being: The reasons which cause life to be
worthwhile. The sounds travel through Rat likes blades. With this in mind, the focus is intended
to be answered between the lines.

Conclusion
The characters having a variety of different personalities and views of the world. Their
human-like features are included with their animal-like traits. In terms of Mole has a good sense
of smell. The book is aimed at showing animals living British-life, in the summer-time. The
animals have a justice system, hence Toad was sent to pay for his motor-car crimes. The mansion
was invaded by the other animals while Toad was imprisoned and during his escape. Toad’s
behavior is terrible and affects the rest of the animals.

The story plays an important part in historical children’s literature. In modern-day, it is still read
by children. The story features human-like animals who all have their own ordeals. Mole and Rat

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being the kindest animals featured in the story, as Toad being the most immature and
self-observed. Making this story amusing and eye-opening to a young audience. With British
humor and an excellent narrative, it is definitely worth a read, even to a grown-up audience.

Star Rating: 5

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Citations:
Kenneth Grahame, “The Wind in the Willows, June 15, 1908.

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