enid blyton's interview part 1

[mlemoncollaroy]

I've just watched Enid & read up about her - I am horrified she was a horrible completely self obsessed human being without any thought or feeling for anyone else -yuck - there are other books to read

[coltmanm]

@mlemoncollaroy she was a child inside thats why she wrote such brilliant books. she is still one of britains best authors despite her private life

[MaryPegler]

She was a wonderfully clever person with an ability to work so hard that she managed to write 700 books that children actually wanted to read when she was alive and still do, dispite all the critical people that have slagged her off.

[Sapphire848]

I'm doing two of my assignments on Enid Blyton on whether she is offensive in society. What are your opinions on her writing? (The points I am covering are Racism, Sexism and Stereotyping).

Thanks,

Ara

[JoeStunner]

@Sapphire848

I've no idea whether Enid Blyton was in any way racist or sexist, but I can tell you as someone who grew up reading and loving her books that at no time did I EVER feel a shred of hate or prejudice towards anyone because of her literature. Her books not only helped me go from being a child struggling to read and write to the top of my class, but also gave me a positive, optimistic outlook on life that's sadly missing from most of modern society - children's or adult's.

[airscrew1]

@JoeStunner The word Racist has been over exagerated by the PC left. There used to be a term called Racial Prejudice whereby a coloured person could be refused a job or a tenancy on a property. Using words never used to be thought of as a crime like they are now. If I called a black person Chalky in 1970 I would have been using it as a bit of banter, now I'd be a racist. Chalky was a character in On The Buses.

[dadrileygrace1]

@Sapphire848 she had talent

[MrPointyarrow]

of all the stories i have read as a kid no author topped enid blyton. she is legend.

[azraadibah]

wow