White by her name alone carries powerful connotations linking her to the book’s symbolic subtext of candy-as-drugs. As an example of how a literary interpretation looks to what is contained in the text rather than seeking to enter the mind of the author and extricate intent, Mrs.
Belinda White is the owner of the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream and Candy Shoppe and a powerful magician who creates candy with exceptional properties. With that in mind, however, there is much evidence in the book-whether intentional or not-to support such an analysis. That is an important distinction to make considering the age range of the targeted readership. It should be noted that this interpretation-and the evidence to support it which follows-is only one person’s subjective analysis and should not be taken as either the author’s intention or an attempt to assume authorial intention. One nice thing about the book is that those same readers can come back a few years later armed with greater literary sophisticated and see that it can-can, mind you, not must or should-be read as much more serious and mature symbolic allegory about the drug abuse. Most of its target audience can-and will-read the book seeing nothing more to it than that. Make no mistake, The Candy Shop War is a children’s book written for children that tells a story magical candy.
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