The Bear Under The Stairs

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The Bear Under the Stairs raises philosophical issues regarding the nature of fear, on the one hand, and about the nature of reality and its relationship with imagination, on the other. But it also provides the perfect starting point for fun discussions about whether we can know that we ourselves are “real” and about the reliability of our senses. Fear

Have you ever been unsure as to whether something really happened or whether you dreamed it? How did you find out which was the case? Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-06-03 04:03:06 Boxid IA40128117 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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It’s a chronological narrative using lots of alliteration, rhythm and rhyme – it’s really a poetry book as well as a story. There are also parts where the words themselves fade to ellipsis and the only the pictures tell the story. This heighten the feeling of fear of the unknown as experienced by William, as well as giving the reader time and space to focus on the detailed illustrations. A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature.When William comes clean about feeding the bear under the stairs, his mother suggests they both face up to it and fight it. When they finally open the closet door, they find an old furry rug instead of a bear, and lots of stinky food everywhere.