Despereaux, the last mouse that Antoinette will give birth to, is a strange mouse born with his eyes wide open, as they are not supposed to be as he is not portrayed as “normal.” At the beginning, we see that Despereaux is destined for an early death as he did not conform to the mouse rules in the community. He visited the princess who he was in love with. Humans and a mouse can never love each other. The author moves beyond realistic when Despereaux meets the princess and talks to her. No mouse can ever talk like a human even though they might understand us (Essentials). Despereaux is a Renaissance mouse because of the music that he appreciates so much, the honey he can hear flowing, and the books he could read in the castle library. This …show more content…
Roscuro, a mouse, loses grip on the chandelier and slips into the bowl of the queen’s soup and she dies. The book is more adventurous and ferocious in terms of scariness than the movie portrays.The king banned soup and time eventually came to a halt where there was never any rain, sun (which is impossible in real life), or vibrant colored vegetables (Essentials). The author uses his fantasy as soon as Despereaux is born. “He is not supposed to have his eyes open.” Nature is unpredictable sometimes so that could be true (Essentials). There was just one symbol in this story that was not dark and that was “LIGHT.” Light was important not only to Despereaux but to Roscuro as well, which told that when things were rough in the story they were going to get better. This is a good book for someone that has depression to lift their spirits from the darkness into the light. Roscuro a rat, is also intrigued by the light, but is not supposed to appreciate it as most rats in real life are always in the darkness. Roscuros’ full name is Chiaroscuro, which represents a foreshadow effect in the beginning of the story as a contrast between darkness and danger to light and