[PBRS] The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Pholon

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May 21 2009 16:44 GMT

Pholon’s Book Reviews – Special Edition
Eric Carle – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Upon request I present a special PBR on Eric Carle’s 1969 bestseller The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Selling over 30.000 copies, the book has thrived throughout four decades and has been said to be the favorite book of George W. Bush when roaming amongst his intellectual peers.

Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar evolves around progress. Indeed, the protagonist of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar lives through such a number of events that shape his being and, indeed, remind us of the complex bildungsromans of no less calibre than those of Charles Dickens. Apart from character building Eric Carle as well revels in adding a certain timelessness to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, allowing it to remain enjoyed by its audience for over forty years.

Another sublime aspect of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar are its holes. Not plotholes, mind, but actual, physical, tangible holes that contribute to a certain interactivity with the reader, allowing the latter to penetrate deeper into the story and swell with the new, indeed, epiphanous insights gained when sharing the protagonist’s experiences.

I don’t want to spoil much of the story, but let’s suffice to say that the build-up of the story, ending in a grand climax is enough to warrant the best-seller that Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is. Therefore, in conclusion, I can only advise those who requested this review to go out and buy it, read it, and enjoy it like the daft obtuse juvenile morons that you are.

Pholon’s grade: How about a C for Christ you guys are annoying.

Next up: Donna Tartt – A Secret History

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