Michael


 * Introduction - Robin Hood spins gold **


 * Context: **

The Author of my text “Robin Hood spins gold” is “The Walt Disney Company” and the book is in the Disney collection called “The Wonderful World of Reading”, in this Disney collection there is over two hundred and fifty books, just to mention a few; 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, Bambi, Cars, Chicken Little, Cinderella, Donald Duck, Dumbo, Lady and The Tramp, Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio, Simba, The Little Mermaid and Winnie the Pooh.
 * Who is the author and what other works have they created?**

Disney’s “Robin Hood spins gold” is set in England around the 13th century when Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the Sherwood Forest with his friends, Friar Tuck and Little John. The prince of Sherwood was Prince John he was a very greedy Prince and had stolen all of his people’s money with ridiculously high taxes. Robin Hood and his gang would help the people of Sherwood by stealing Prince John’s gold and distributing it around to the poor people.
 * What culture and historical period was the book written in?**


 * Personal: **

I choose this book because it was one of the first books I ever read by myself without the aid of mum or dad this gave me a feeling of independence that I can do things by myself. This book started my love of Robin Hood I have always been obsessed with the folklore of him and his band of “Merry Men”. To me this books meaning is that you should not be greedy and you should share some or what u have with those less fortunate then ourselves.
 * Why did you choose this book and what does it mean to you?**


 * Conclusion **


 * Meaning: **

In this Disney book “Robin Hood spins gold” there are a few meanings which I can decipher from the text, the main one I found was that greed is not a good trait to have. The book opens with the narrator saying; “Prince John was an evil prince. Prince John was a greedy prince. He loved himself. He loved his gold.” By saying Prince John was an evil prince, everything the narrator says after that will link to evil, such as, greedy, self-loving and loving gold which are all bad things. The other meaning I found was to find happiness in giving to others. The images show Prince John to be an angry person even with so much gold whereas the pictures show Robin Hood happy and cheerful even though he owns very little.
 * What are the messages or meanings in the book?**

In this book the pictures and images mix together to make a single story. Unlike other storybooks the words are part of the picture, there are many smaller images each sentences breaking up the story and making a storyboard effect, like watching a movie with a large time-lapse, this help the reader to understand each sentence better. The images and language work together because the image conveys what is being read this means that we can understand the story with just images, text or together and still understand what is going on in the story.
 * What are the visual and language features and how do they work to create meaning?**