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// Who is the author and what other works have they created? //
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The author of “Willy The Wimp” is Anthony Browne. Anthony has created many other books including “Silly Billy”, “Voices In The Park” and “Bear Hunt”. Anthony Browne is an established author and illustrator and has a number of different published stories. // What Culture and Historical period was this book written in? //

This book was written during the 1980’s in London, England. During this time many things happened. The Lockerbie Disaster on 21 December 1988 was one of them. This was when a Boeing 747-121 was blown up over a village in Scotland while flying from London's Heathrow Airport to New York's JFK. The bombing killed all 243 passengers, 16 crew members and 11 people on the ground, totalling 270 fatalities who were citizens of 21 nationalities. The bombing remains the worst terrorist attack on UK soil. // Why did you choose this book and what does it mean to you? // I chose this book because I can remember it being red to me in primary school a couple of times. It doesn’t mean much to me it just reminds me of my time in the lower years of primary school. // What are the messages or meanings in the book? // The message in “Willy the Wimp” is that no matter how hard you try to change you will always in some way be your original self. It doesn’t matter if you’re acting different deep down you are always the same person. You can change and adapt to different situations but you will always end up being yourself because that’s who you are and if people can’t deal with that it is there problem. // What are the visual and language features and how do they work to create meaning? // The language is extremely basic so young children can understand it. It isn’t very complicated in terms of a storyline or hidden meaning. The visual aspect of the book enhances to easily illustrate what is going on without the reader/audience needing to think about it. The images also show you exactly how Willy feels as the books progresses. The illustrations create the meaning to a certain degree cause most of the words aren’t required for the audience to understand what is going on. You can see Willy at the start looking really shy and awkward then you see him try to change himself into something he isn’t and then finally back to the original shy, awkward guy the Willy really is.
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