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The Bat Poet Study Guide

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by Randall Jarrell
About 7 pages (2,101 words)
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The Bat Poet is about the importance of valuing one's individuality while living in a larger society. The Bat, like anyone was Jarrell's major literary form, he also who lives in a world with other people, must learn to overcome the desire to be like everyone else. He comes to realize that being different can really be fun and interesting. Jarrell's model is the poet, in this case a bat, who is constantly at odds with his fellow bats and other animals. When the bat learns to trust his.....

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The Bat Poet from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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