I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato

• Book title

I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato

• Author

Lauren Child

• Analysis of the Story

Flat characters

Protagonist  Little sister, Lola

Antagonist  Lola's brother, Charlie

Foil character  None

Supporting character  None  

Setting  integral

Narrative point of view  omniscient narrator

Plot  sequential

Conflict  the protagonist against another

Theme  

Little Lola is a fussy eater, so picky and not fond of many kinds of food.  In order to make the little sister try those unpleasant food, Charlie make up some fancy story for them.  In the end, not only did Lola eat those nasty food she dislike, but also ate tomato, the least thing she will eat. 

Style  

Simple and lovely word choice, appropriate sentence length, clear story construction, and interesting dialogue between Lola and Charlie. 

Tone

Joyful and amusing feeling through all the story, with full of imagination and cute conversation in between.

• Reflection

 Children tends to be picky about food for any reason just like the little sister, Lola.  She does not like carrots because of rabbit.  She dislike peas since the green color and the small round shape.  Moreover, she especially hates tomatoes for no reason.  For most of parents, these situation can be a big challenge for them.  Either do them force those kids eat those unpleasant food with tears in their eyes, or take the risk of that the kids might be unhealthy because lacking of vitamin C or D or so on.  This picture book provides parents another choice of method to make their children eat healthier.  The little brother, Charlie, made up plenty of story and description about those food that his sister hated.  carrots as orange twiglets from Jupiter, peas as green drops from Greenland falling from the sky, potatoes as cloud fluff from the peak of Mount Fuji, and even the fish sticks can be describes as the ocean nibbles from the supermarket.  Undoubtedly, she ate them all!  She even ate the tomato by imaging it as moonsquirters by herself.  The best ability of children I think must be their imagination.  This book leads children to another fantastic food world by its story plot, and I believe that is indeed a great way for them (and for parents, too) to tackle those nasty food challenge!        

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