The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Tan creates a story world with which we can relate to our own lives and use the morals we found there in our reality. Tan also look at the idea of belonging, and when the lost thing finds a place where it doesn’t really belong but is happy, it is questioning the obsession we as humans have of belonging. At the start of the book many adults are around but only the boy seems to see the lost thing, this shows that the adult world are so absorbed in what they are doing themselves that they never stop to look what is right in front of them. This is shown in the way the main character has been presented as well as the lost thing, the reader can relate to both of these characters either by being lost or finding something lost. ![]() ![]() His picture book ‘The Lost Thing’ reflects on this statement you know that the storybook world Tan has created is not in the slightest bit real, but if you look closer you can start relating it to your real life. Shaun Tan once said “You know it’s not real, but you can’t help but be drawn into the reality of it”. ![]()
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