“The Celery Stalks at Midnight”
This adventure tells about three animals and Bunnicula, the infamous vampire bunny. Included is the family the animals live with whom they are trying to protect. With the vanishing of Bunnicula, the search begins, they want to find him before he runs out of vegetables and turns his fangs on the family. The adventure leads them to the dump and a truck ride where they find white veggies indicating Bunnicula has attacked and stab them with toothpicks, however when the ride is over and they head back home they begin to see what is really going on. The animals see the crowd, the strange way the people were behaving, dad was in a pool of water and people were trying to drown him. The boys were acting strange and wearing …show more content…
At the beginning the story features animals talking together followed thru till the climax then a denouncement with the same group talking together once more. Aristotle’s pattern shows the beginning, middle and end but in this book at the end there is something that gives you the sense there is more to come. The resolution is successful, it brings the story full circle allowing the readers mind to rest with the idea that the animals know how to solve the conflict, should it rise again by using the toothpicks. The author uses suspense to show the plot keeping the secret of the location of Bunnicula and whether he is a vampire a secret till almost the end. The use of the white vegetables and the toothpicks fit the suspense as well. Two of the animals repeatedly stabbed a rutabaga with toothpicks trying to get it in. They were under the impression that if they were able to stab the vegetable with the toothpick, the vegetable couldn’t become a killer vegetable. This supports the drama that makes the story flow, looking for the killer veggies will lead them to Bunnicula. This is what I would expect from this genre and author, using suspense in a way that is unassuming and full of humor, appropriate for readers of this age
This adventure tells about three animals and Bunnicula, the infamous vampire bunny. Included is the family the animals live with whom they are trying to protect. With the vanishing of Bunnicula, the search begins, they want to find him before he runs out of vegetables and turns his fangs on the family. The adventure leads them to the dump and a truck ride where they find white veggies indicating Bunnicula has attacked and stab them with toothpicks, however when the ride is over and they head back home they begin to see what is really going on. The animals see the crowd, the strange way the people were behaving, dad was in a pool of water and people were trying to drown him. The boys were acting strange and wearing …show more content…
At the beginning the story features animals talking together followed thru till the climax then a denouncement with the same group talking together once more. Aristotle’s pattern shows the beginning, middle and end but in this book at the end there is something that gives you the sense there is more to come. The resolution is successful, it brings the story full circle allowing the readers mind to rest with the idea that the animals know how to solve the conflict, should it rise again by using the toothpicks. The author uses suspense to show the plot keeping the secret of the location of Bunnicula and whether he is a vampire a secret till almost the end. The use of the white vegetables and the toothpicks fit the suspense as well. Two of the animals repeatedly stabbed a rutabaga with toothpicks trying to get it in. They were under the impression that if they were able to stab the vegetable with the toothpick, the vegetable couldn’t become a killer vegetable. This supports the drama that makes the story flow, looking for the killer veggies will lead them to Bunnicula. This is what I would expect from this genre and author, using suspense in a way that is unassuming and full of humor, appropriate for readers of this age