The Grouchy Ladybug Essay Example
Book Review- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle is about a grouchy ladybug that did not want to share his meal consisting of aphids with the friendly bug, so he insists on fighting him. When the friendly ladybug said he would fight him if he wanted he the grouchy ladybug replied by saying the other ladybug was not big enough. The grouchy ladybug then persevered and approached a yellow jacket, beetle, praying mantis, sparrow, lobster, skunk, snake, hyena, gorilla, rhino, elephant, and whale. With each animal he told them the same story that they were not big enough to fight. He ended up get flipped by the whales tale all the way back to the friendly ladybug and ended up sharing the aphids for dinner. Throughout this story you witness quite a few virtues and values, such as respect, empathy, courage, perseverance, and forgiveness.
In this book I believe the friendly ladybug empathized with the grouchy ladybug, and probably knew he would come back (moral knowing). Each animal respected each other by saying that if they ladybug insisted on wanting to fight they would, but by intimidating the grouchy ladybug by showing off their skills/abilities he would always find an excuse to get out of that situation.
The grouchy ladybug (the protagonist) had to deal with the fact that we wanted the aphids all to himself and he was out to prove that he was intimidating enough to bully people around. Once he realized how exhausting it was trying to intimidate people all the time made and he was done with it. By the end of the book he understood that if he just learned how to share and become a better ladybug he would not be so tired and hungry (moral feeling). It took courage for him to see the friendly ladybug again join her for diner.
Tensions existed between the grouchy lady bug and each animal he seen when he asked them if they wanted to fight. They would agree since he insisted, but we would fly away indicating to them that they
The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle is about a grouchy ladybug that did not want to share his meal consisting of aphids with the friendly bug, so he insists on fighting him. When the friendly ladybug said he would fight him if he wanted he the grouchy ladybug replied by saying the other ladybug was not big enough. The grouchy ladybug then persevered and approached a yellow jacket, beetle, praying mantis, sparrow, lobster, skunk, snake, hyena, gorilla, rhino, elephant, and whale. With each animal he told them the same story that they were not big enough to fight. He ended up get flipped by the whales tale all the way back to the friendly ladybug and ended up sharing the aphids for dinner. Throughout this story you witness quite a few virtues and values, such as respect, empathy, courage, perseverance, and forgiveness.
In this book I believe the friendly ladybug empathized with the grouchy ladybug, and probably knew he would come back (moral knowing). Each animal respected each other by saying that if they ladybug insisted on wanting to fight they would, but by intimidating the grouchy ladybug by showing off their skills/abilities he would always find an excuse to get out of that situation.
The grouchy ladybug (the protagonist) had to deal with the fact that we wanted the aphids all to himself and he was out to prove that he was intimidating enough to bully people around. Once he realized how exhausting it was trying to intimidate people all the time made and he was done with it. By the end of the book he understood that if he just learned how to share and become a better ladybug he would not be so tired and hungry (moral feeling). It took courage for him to see the friendly ladybug again join her for diner.
Tensions existed between the grouchy lady bug and each animal he seen when he asked them if they wanted to fight. They would agree since he insisted, but we would fly away indicating to them that they