Pobby and Dingan

Marinda Hsu

2016.03.09

English ll

Ms. Guarino

      I will describe Pobby and Dingan as what Kellyanne had described them as, quite and shy. I think imaginary friends will definitely look special and different from normal human but in a good way. I think they might be the reflections of what Kellyanne wanted her life to be like or how she wanted friends, people around her to be like. Mostly like an ideal type of person Kellyanne admires. In both the movie and the novel, it showed that people around Lightening Ridge are either rude or crude. Which are most likely the opposite kind of people a young girl will want to be facing in daily life. 

      It is obvious that Kellyanne aren't getting along with most of her classmates in school since she've been talking to the air (Pobby and Dingan) as her teacher told her parents. This could be the reason why Kellyanne depends on Pobby and Dingan even more, because she was lonely and wanted accompanies that could satisfy her wish of having understanding friends to play with in a small, sort of boring town. So I think Pobby and Dingan must have been imagined as two really beautiful and nice friends in Kellyanne's mind whom will always be on her side that gives her a sense of security. 

        In the novel, Kellyanne's mother said that she is a sensitive girl and blamed her dad for bringing them to a place like Lightening Ridge that caused her imaginations. Therefore I think her imaginary friends could be really different from the people in town. I suppose that their personalities are very friendly especially to Kellyanne. In the story, Kellyanne mentioned that Dingan has an opal on her belly button, she also said that she is very beautiful. For Pobby, Kellyanne said that he has a wooden leg and she had found them when they were hurt. I think in another way, maybe Kellyanne had made up Pobby and Dingan when she felt hurt and lonely because of something she met in life. After all, I drew Pobby like a superhero so Kellyanne would feel protected and secured. Then I drew Dingan with this dress made of opal's color with blonde hair. Since opal was considered valuable and beautiful in their town, it might be possible for Kellyanne to imagine Dingan wearing something related to opal's colorful look.