Talk:James and the Giant Peach
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[edit] Headline text
ŞSynopsis: The description of events aren't what the book says... The bag didn't contain ingredients for a magic potion, it contained little green rice-sized things that were the result of the magical recipe. In addition, he wasn't running back to hide it; he was running back to mix it in water and drink it. I'm certain of the first point, and can easily check the second. ichenbach]]
i agree but it like lice
Rhinos are herbivorous, aren't they? Scorpionman 17:40, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
they mite be
[edit] ISBN list
The long list of ISBN's seems like overkill. Do they all hit at Amazon? There must be a better way. -- Fplay 09:56, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Characters
i think there should be pictures of the characters
- I agree Makgraf 18:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC).
- Agreed, theres only so much you can say about, for example, the silkworm - no point in having seperate articles. Bodil 19:18, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Agree, but who has the cajones to delete them? Czolgolz 20:28, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Most Frequently Challenged Books
Why is it one of the most frequently challenged books? The intro mentions the book's content, but what specifically? Anyone care to elaborate in the article, perhaps in its own section? -- Mason13a 21:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
it isnt a hard book to read at all
- Yeah, I came to the talk page to point that out. I'd like to know what was controversial about it. I've read the book more than once and granted, that was a decade ago, but I don't remember anything subversive about it. --Stevekl 04:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- According to this link...
- An interesting fact about the book is that it has been censored in some parts of the US. It was challenged at the Deep Creek Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor, Fla. (1991) because it is "not appropriate reading material for young children", and at the Pederson Elementary School in Altoona, Wis. (1991) because the book contains the word "ass" and "promotes" the use of drugs and whiskey. TerraFrost 21:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm puzzled by the objection to ass, which is an animal not a profanity in Commonwealth English. According to this page the problem may have been 'defying parental authority'. I'm not going to look into this any further myself, or not just now, as I'm too amazed at the whole business.... Hakluyt bean 21:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Inspiration?
Was this story inspired by that of Momotarō? They bear a striking resemblance. --zandperl 08:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- They both involve a peach, that's the only similarity I can see.
[edit] Age
I don't know exactly what the proper ages of James-with-his-parents and James-with-his-aunts are, but they're definitely not 8 and 7 respectively (as this article states) because he lives with his aunt -after- his parents die, not before.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 00:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC).
