Julie2owlsdene wrote:Enikyoga wrote:
I strongly believe that, the tree's crashing into Kirrin Cottage in Five Go To Smuggler's Top was inspired by the Thames flooding of the Old Thatch that Enid Blyton may have either once witnessed or may have witnessed several times while she was still residing there.
Stephen I.
I'm always slightly annoyed at your expression of ' I strongly believe' Stephen. It doesn't mean it's actual facts. I'm glad to see Anita has explained about the tree falling down at Old Thatch. Even if this hadn't have happened, I'm sure Enid's own imagination was quite capable of still having a tree fall onto the roof of Kirrin Cottage. Why does there always have to be some sort of connections with!!!!! Why can't you ever accept Enid had a wonderful imagination!
Yes, it is true that Enid had a very vivid imagination and could have just as well have described the ash tree falling without having experienced this aspect. However, the reality was that she based tese observations from personal experience. probably, if she had not experienced the ash tree falling firshand, her description of it falling in
Five Go To Smuggler's Top would not have been as spectacular as she had described it. In other words, her empirical observation of the ash tree falling combined with her charismatic way of writing after having observed the tree fall in very simple and uncomplicated language was one of the cornerstone's of her success as a writer. If you are familiar with the writings of several authors on Enid Blyton, including Barbara Stoney, Robert Druce, and others are supportive of the fact that several milestones, though not all of them, in Enid Blyton's writings were based on her empirical observations of several situations.
Stephen I.