It's about a little mouse, but it's not very fairy-tale-like and not at all childish.
Despereaux was born too small, with huge ears and also opened his eyes right away, and the little mouse was supposed to be blind for the first few days - a real punishment for his parents and a disgrace to the family. But this could still be lived through, if not for his crazy ideas: you see, he was carried away by music! He was so carried away that he was ready to go to people for the enchanting sounds. The little mouse was born in a castle and instead of avoiding people, he sought out meetings with them, loved to read their books and once read some nonsense about love in fairy tales.
And so it happened that Despereaux fell in love with the little mistress of the castle, Princess Pea, with all his heart. He fell in love so much that he would go through fire or water for Pea, but who is she, and who is he?.. For such unacceptable sentimentality, the entire mouse family turned against little Despereaux, not only the supreme mice, but even his own mom and dad. Guilty! And that means he must be severely punished - exiled to the castle dungeon. This is a very terrible punishment, because there is no way back from the dungeon, it is teeming with mice's enemies - rats, Despereaux was doomed to certain death.
And at this time...
Princess Pea was so sweet, and her life seemed so easy and wonderful from the outside, that, of course, there was someone who envied the princess, wishing to be in her place. After all, there is nothing difficult in being a princess - just flutter and change outfits, you can learn this in a couple of hours, anyone can do it. And so, with the help of this envious person, Pea finds herself in the dark labyrinths of the dungeon, from which she cannot get out on her own.
What happened next? What happened next (as before) was difficult, contradictory, touching. But I won't lay all my cards on the table
Dimensional characters, ambiguous situations, controversial actions - all this makes the book deep, makes the reader look at things from different angles, and shows that not everything in this world can be divided into black and white.
The author often addresses the reader, appealing to his life experience, asking for his opinion, calling on him to project the situation onto himself (“What words would you like to hear from your mother if you were taken away from her forever?”, “Try to imagine that you lived your whole life in a dungeon”).
"The Adventures of Despereaux" is not an entertaining book for thoughtful people of primary school age.
Despereaux was born too small, with huge ears and also opened his eyes right away, and the little mouse was supposed to be blind for the first few days - a real punishment for his parents and a disgrace to the family. But this could still be lived through, if not for his crazy ideas: you see, he was carried away by music! He was so carried away that he was ready to go to people for the enchanting sounds. The little mouse was born in a castle and instead of avoiding people, he sought out meetings with them, loved to read their books and once read some nonsense about love in fairy tales.
And so it happened that Despereaux fell in love with the little mistress of the castle, Princess Pea, with all his heart. He fell in love so much that he would go through fire or water for Pea, but who is she, and who is he?.. For such unacceptable sentimentality, the entire mouse family turned against little Despereaux, not only the supreme mice, but even his own mom and dad. Guilty! And that means he must be severely punished - exiled to the castle dungeon. This is a very terrible punishment, because there is no way back from the dungeon, it is teeming with mice's enemies - rats, Despereaux was doomed to certain death.
And at this time...
Princess Pea was so sweet, and her life seemed so easy and wonderful from the outside, that, of course, there was someone who envied the princess, wishing to be in her place. After all, there is nothing difficult in being a princess - just flutter and change outfits, you can learn this in a couple of hours, anyone can do it. And so, with the help of this envious person, Pea finds herself in the dark labyrinths of the dungeon, from which she cannot get out on her own.
What happened next? What happened next (as before) was difficult, contradictory, touching. But I won't lay all my cards on the table
Dimensional characters, ambiguous situations, controversial actions - all this makes the book deep, makes the reader look at things from different angles, and shows that not everything in this world can be divided into black and white.
The author often addresses the reader, appealing to his life experience, asking for his opinion, calling on him to project the situation onto himself (“What words would you like to hear from your mother if you were taken away from her forever?”, “Try to imagine that you lived your whole life in a dungeon”).
"The Adventures of Despereaux" is not an entertaining book for thoughtful people of primary school age.
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