Dan Santat's Character Analysis

Dan Santat’s inspiration for his award winning book “The Adventures of Beekle” was inspired by the birth of his first son Alek. He wondered before his birth how his son would look and feel like. A few years after Alek started school Dan “eased his son’s worries about making friend (Hsu, 2015)”. This book actually reflected the author’s softer side. The name Beekle actually was Alek’s first set of words that he spoke and this really shows how really inspired the author was by the imaginations of his son (Hsu, 2015). The word was Alek’s attempt to say the word “bicycle”. Dan Santat’s wife suggested Beekle will be a great picture book character. The book started with a few sketches in black and white and one full colored sample. Like Beekle, Dan Santat’s has been though a journey. His parents who are immigrants from Thai always dreamed for him to be a doctor but he followed his dream and instead of enrolling in dental …show more content…
Beekle lives on a magical island with his dear friends and waiting to be imagined by children in the real world. Each of his friends has unique characteristics and paired with children in the real world. Beekle watches daily as his friends are being chosen and he is left alone with weary. He sets on adventure to seek for his friend in the real world on his won without the help of others. His adventures are clearly written and illustrated in this exciting book written by the author. Beekle in the book is represented differently from the other characters as he is represented as a big marshmallow with legs. The author created a sense of imagination for its audience as the creation of this character allows its audience to imagine him as whatever they want. The story is told from a third person’s point of view and Beekle is depicted as a blank slate as the audiences don’t get to explore his thoughts or