The Railway Children
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
CHILDREN
#Synopsis
The Railway Children is a wonderful story . The story
tells about three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter
and Phyllis are living a lovely, secure life at
Edgecomb Villa. Their father returns home after
being away on business, two unknown men come to
visit him in the evening after supper, and he simply
disappears. Neither the reader nor the children know
what has happened to him until Bobbie makes a
chance discovery and learns the horrible truth.
In the intervening time, their mother, a capable and
charming woman, takes her children to live in the
country near a railway station, because they must
"play at being poor for a while." The children handle
their new situation with grace and wit, spending
hours hanging about the railway station and
generally keeping themselves busy, and in the
process becoming fast friends with the porter, Perks,
and the station master. They also become
acquainted with their own old gentleman who lends a
hand to help them time and again.
Bobbie is the eldest and sweetest of the children,
with a longing to be truly good. Peter is the boy, who
is madly in love with trains, stubbornly refuses to be
pushed around, and exhibits an extraordinary
courage in the rescue of a baby and a young man in
a train tunnel. Phyllis is the youngest, a funny,
#Setting
A.
Physical Setting
3.
The tunnel
B.
Social setting
#Characters
1.
The three
character traits.
children
have
some
common
Loving,obedient,thoughtful,kind,helpful,hardworking,
brave,clever,imaginative,loyal,polite, well-mannered,
independent, adventurous and unsure of what is
wrong and right.
Roberta @ Bobbie
She is the eldest child in the family and she is twelve
years old. She is portrait as responsible, brave,
He is the boy with the red t-shirt that broke his leg
during the paper-chase. Jim is the old gentlemans
grandson. The children mother nurses him to health
after the incident.
5.
The train driver and Jim, The fireman
#Themes
1. The importance of family love and loyalty
2.
Taking challenges with courage
3.
Facing challenges in life
4.
Growing up to be a well-mannered child
5.
The importance of friends
6.
The importance of community
#MoralValue
1.
2.
#Messages
1.
3.
#PointOfView
The story is from the third person point of view
#Language&Style
The writer uses simple and direct language to tell
this story. Here are some of the examples:
1. Direct speech
Wake up! she said. Were in the new house, dont
you remember? page 8
2. Simple description
There was a large kitchen with a stone floor, but
there was no fire, and the room was cold.
3. Simile
it was like a terrible dream (page 40)
4. Personification
I wonder if the railway misses us
5. Contrast
The tunnel was dark after the sunshine outside
(page 46)
6. Symbolism
The railway is a symbol of hope : The railway brings
their father back to them in the end (page 57)
7. Red is a symbol of danger