write a short story of your own with animals as characters
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Answer: 1 a best story
Explanation: Animal characters have a long history in literature and on the screen. The 'Houyhnhnms' of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift are a race of civilised horses; in George Orwell's Animal Farm, the pigs on the farm rise to a frightening power in an allegory of the Russian Revolution and Stalinism; and on a lighter note there are a plethora of children's books featuring creatures, like Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and a host of cartoon animal characters like Tom and Jerry, Disney's Mickey Mouse, or the ever-so-pink The Pink Panther.
put on the page. Story books for very young children rely on bright and appealing pictures to get simple messages across – counting objects or introducing simple language. But animal characters in books for older children or in novels for adults are a little more complex⁸Any character depends on the author's skill in writing and characterisation, but there are three basic things you need to remember and give some thought to when creating an animal character in your story:
the reason why you chose an animal rather than a human character;
its place in the plot of the story;
and the delicate balance between animal and human traits – what is it about the character that signals to the reader that this is an animal rather than human, and how will your reader identify with a character that is from a whole different species?
vReaders need to be able to see a reason why you chose an animal character. Sometimes it can be easy to see why - in Eric Carle's A Very Hungry Caterpillar, the story is an illustration of the lifecycle of that creature and its transformation into a butterfly.
In Gulliver's Travels, the Houyhnhnms serve as a turning point, when Lemuel Gulliver breaks free from his own species, tired of its shortcomings and faults. Animal Farm is an allegory and satire, and uses animals to illustrate aspects of human nature that are extreme and might perhaps be unpalatable if human characters were used.
Your own reasons might be more or less complex. They might be idealistic, political, satirical, allegorical or comedic - or even just for pure fun! But whatever they are, try to pinpoint them and be aware of why you chose an animal character - you don't have to state it directly in the story, but if you think through the reasons, it will show through in your writing and make it easier for your readers to understand where you are coming from and the point you are trying to make.