Hrvoje Hitrec Smogovci ENGLISH

Hrvoje Hitrec Smogovci

Publisher: "School Book", Zagreb, 2007, illustrated by: Dario Kukic

    "Smogovci" is a humorous novel for children and adolescents. One of the most successful Croatian children's novel. HITREC title of the book is allegorical - Smogovci residents of the city full of smog. the novel is infused with humorous events and ideas of kindness and goodness. The writer presented Zagreb with beautiful and bright side, and its inhabitants are faced with everyday problems at school and in their free time. whole we liked the novel, because it shows the real life of ordinary people in the big city, who are ready for all of life's challenges. In the novel's apparent disdain for those who do not attend concerts ineresa from our own, but that would belong in modern society, they want to be seen. part prose requires knowledge of modern media-culture comic, movie and rock and roll. Relationships between older and younger generations can be seen in the relationship of Dade and nosy, who did not stand out as a real father. Described as a frivolous person and a man "to whom the mother had to shout as the snapper."

Fragment talking about every owner whose dog died, and the dog recovered with great difficulty I liked best. It is known that a dog is man's best friend, which proves part of the book where a boy and a dog talk of a better life after death. message from this passage is clear - the loss of our neighbor we must strengthen and inspire us to become better people. Sentences in which the dog is recovering from an accident of his master: "Not Rösli long, and his hair is still received splendor, he again attended the nocturnal adventures of the horror surrounding cats, often stopping for his former Kuchma in which the guard now moved Papyrus old distant cousin who managed to cheat Housing Commission, arguing that the carefully and lovingly nursed the old man until his death. "

THEME: The theme "SMOGOVCI" the life of the citizens in the eastern part of the city - Naselku. Poor part of town is faced with what little richer in Nebderu.

BRIEF SUMMARY: At the beginning of the story the reader is introduced to the Dado and his irresponsible dad nosy. They live in a skyscraper, while in the lower part Naselka VRAGEC live, six-member family whose mother worked in Germany, and his father had. Maza (one by VRAGEC) and Dunja are more crushes, aa later became a couple in love. Meanwhile in Naselku appeared phantom who stole purses. Later we found out that it was a pen. Dunja 'Mazalov class and went to prom, gdej lot of accidents happen between students. Nosy used his artistic talent working on the cartoon, which was later awarded. Vragecovih house was to be demolished, but fortunately for pregnant women DRAGEC rušenej was stopped, and VRAGEC are still living happily.

Setting: The setting, in large part, was Naselak. "Across the school was Naselak, and all the houses Naselku small, scattered with no plan to be a distracted child played Lego brick"

ACTION TIME: All the action occurred in the mid-'70s, and through praznke new school year. "As the holidays are still going on ...", "Second half started with the multiplication", "... and it was already almost spring ...", "Just before the end of the school year ..."

The characters and their characteristics: The main characters are a whole family Dragecoviih as nosy and his son Jay

Dragec - head of the family, the oldest, responsible, loving "... Dragec who ustvaari was Methuselah, he was almost twenty years ago and had to take care of pretty much everything ..." "But although Dragev, spoke very contemptuously Pero before, the soul was enormously proud ... "

Pen - a successful football player in Dinamo, stole a purse for blackmail "... the most famous member of the family was VRAGEC Pero," "Exactly - a voice of Mister Iksa - I'm a phantom. But, I'm tired of everything. Solder I returned , and more than that. "

Buco - pudgy, loves to eat sweets "... Buco which was only et years ...", "I had a tummy like a mandarin, and the cheeks would envy and a bit better pig."

Cobra - the most sensitive, problematic, curious "Cobra wrote a letter to my mother. Was he, in fact, of all the VRAGEC najprivreniji their distant mother, sensitive, vulnerable mali jedanaestrogodišnji boy in the world", "... also a snub nose, ears fairly large and dangling, eyes dark and restless ... "," One, all three - wielded the wings dutifully swaying across the weak breeze. "

Maza - brave, falls in love with Dunja which saved his life, "The only thing that is somewhat gave ivahnost this wreck were pigeons bred by Maza, one of the few major VRAGEC."

Štefek - best šrijatelj Dado "... and above all independent and decisive, rapid and energetic, and if you will (and if you do not) and smarter for those tiny, svegodnevne things ..."

Dado - a lively, happy, in love with Marina, "Jay just had to have it, and this is Stefek deeply affected."

Nosy - irresponsible, frivolous, has artistic talent "It's really not much of a father, because how Jay saw in his school books, what should be the father looked older, more serious, and it is - most importantly - a short trimmed '

The secondary characters are Papyrus, Maya, Marina, gendarme, Elephant, Elephant Dad

The novel is infused with funny characters and events. The style is humorous. All parts of the standard written language knjievnim while at some events or dialogue emerge Kajkavian and Zagreb slang. Stylistically expressive means:

Epictetus: "tired lights", "fat rats"

personification: "Rats are playing hockey."

metaphor: "He could not sleep thanks to the series.", "Maza kinda throws it back with a monster."

Opinion of work: Novel I liked the interesting and funny events that followed the entire contents of the book.