Nick Habibi
P.6
The impact of edward tulane on children
In the novel “the miraculous journey of Edward Tulane” the author has made this book
for kids because he feels like kids should be able to handle death when they face such
tragedies. In this book, the author tries to teach kids how to handle death by showing
some things that are hard to deal with in the story and he has the main character
(Edward) pass all of the problems that he face and manege to have a happy ending,
And this shows us that if you learn to deal with death in a young age then they will
handle it much better than a person that does not learn about it until they face the
problem. And in the end it will be easier for them to get over death if you learn about the
feeling at a young age.
First, The novel tries to teach kids about loss at the very beginning of the story when
Edward loses his owners because he did not love them enough.”Instead, Edward
Tulane went overboard.(44)” And this shows the kids that are reading the story that
sometimes things happen that will make you lose the best things in your life. After that
Edward has to face his problems and try his best to get over that loss and live the rest
of his life. He needed to survive that loss by setting new goals for himself and not let
anything stop him from achieving his goals.”He thought about the stars. He
remembered what they looked like from his bedroom window.(54)” Edwa...
