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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Anthropomorphism

I took my 3 and a half year son to bed. He asked to read the book Big Truck and Little Truck.


He asked an interesting question: "Why do the trucks have eyes and mouthses(sic)?".


I replied that this was anthropomorphism.


The book had an effect on me. Big Truck has an engine failure, and is taken away. Little Truck missed Big Truck a lot. I was very worried that Big Truck would not come back - anthropomorphism indeed.