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Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit

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"Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit" is a short story that is part of the new GCSE by Sylvia Plath, written in 1955. It deals with children's fantasies (about Superman) and with how children can put blame on others for their material losses (a ruined snowsuit) and easily fall into a collective blaming. When you are accused of something, in reality Superman is never around to save you easily.

It also mentions the motif of colours, and it's change throughout the story, and how it can disappear when children are forced to grow up. When America joins World War Two after the attack on Pearl Harbour in December, 1941, her imagination is destroyed after seeing a Prisoner of War camp in a film, which shows her that not all things in life are as she thinks.

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References

  1. ^ http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/superman.htm
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