The-Miraculous-Journey-of-Edward-Tulane-ppt-爱德华的奇妙

TheMiraculousJourneyofEdwardTulaneThemeNumberOneGrowingStory•Once,inahouseonEgyptStreet,therelivedachinarabbitnamedEdwardTulane.Therabbitwasverypleasedwithhimself,andforgoodreason:hewasownedbyagirlnamedAbilene,whotreatedhimwiththeutmostcareandadoredhimcompletely.•Andthen,oneday,hewaslost.KateDiCamillo•KateDiCamillowasborninPhiladelphia,PennsylvaniaonMarch25,1964.ShereceivedanEnglishdegreefromtheUniversityofFlorida.Attheageofthirty,shemovedtoMinneapolis,Minnesotaandworkedforabookwarehouseonthechildren'sfloor.Afterworkingthereforfourandahalfyears,shefellinlovewithchildren'sbooksandbeganwriting.Shewrotethe2001Newbery-honorbook•BecauseofWinn-Dixie,whichwasadaptedintoafilmin2005.In2004,shewontheNewberyMedalforTheTaleofDespereaux,whichwasalsoadaptedintoamoviein2008.HerotherworksincludetheMercyWatsonseries,TheMiraculousJourneyofEdwardTulane,andTheMagician'sElephant.HertitleBinkandGollie,TwoforOnemadeTheNewYorkTimesBestSellerListfor2012.•Once,therewasarabbitwholovedalittlegirlandwatchedherdie.TherabbitdancedonthestreetofMemphis.Hisheadwasbrokenopeninadinerandwasputtogetheragainbyadollmender.Andtherabbitsworethathewouldnotmakeamistakeoflovingagain.Abilene'smysteriousgrandmothertellsthemastoryofaprincesswhocannotlove,andshewhisperstoEdward,Youdisappointme.Soonafter,whileonacruiseship,Edwardisthrownoverboardbysomemeanboys,thusbeginninganodysseythatcarrieshimthroughmanyyearstodifferentowners,throughhumiliationanddamageandpain,butenableshimgraduallytoopenhishearttoothers.Withthesepictures,thinkaboutwhatEdwardhasexperiencedEdwardTulaneisachinarabbitgiventoaten-year-oldgirlnamedAbilenebyhergrandmotherinthe1930s.Heenjoysapleasantbutvainlifewithhisyoungmistress,whotreatshimwiththeutmostloveandrespect,untilanunfortunateincident……astormfreeshimfromtheseabedandapassingfishermanandhisbuddypullhimfromtheirfishingnet…….Edwardispassedfromhandtohandofasuccessionoflife-alteringcharacters,suchasahoboandhisdogandafour-year-oldgirlwithtuberculosisandherbrotherEventually,Edwardiscruellybrokenagainstacountertopedge,repairedandthenofferedforsaleinadollstoreforseveralyears.……HeisfinallyboughtbyAbilene,hisoriginalmistress……•Allhislife,Edwardhadknownwhathewas:arabbitmadeofchina,arabbitwithbendablearmsandlegsandears.Hewasbendable,though,onlyifhewasinthehandsofanother.Hecouldnotmovehimself.AndhehadneverregrettedthismoredeeplythanhedidthatnightwhenheandBullandLucywerediscoveredintheemptyrailcar.EdwardwantedtobeabletodefendLucy.Buthecoulddonothing.Hecouldonlyliethereandwait.ShareyourthoughtsaboutEdward’sjourneywithyourfriends•“Ihavealreadybeenloved,”saidEdward.“IhavebeenlovedbyagirlnamedAbilene.Ihavebeenlovedbyafishermanandhiswifeandahoboandhisdog.Ihavebeenlovedbyaboywhoplayedtheharmonicaandbyagirlwhodied.Don’ttalktomeaboutlove,”hesaid.“Ihaveknownlove.”•“Openyourheart,”shesaidgently.“Someonewillcome.Someonewillcomeforyou.Butfirstyoumustopenyourheart.”