http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/robin-mckinley-sunshine Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:31:24 -0400 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:31:24 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/355/fangbangers-tin-soldiers-and-living-toys-fictional-creatures-becoming-real By Jeremy S. Page - The divide between human and non-human, real and not-real, is a problem frequently explored in texts about toys and undead creatures. Even the term ‘undead’ is problematic, for while the undead are not ‘dead’ in the truest sense, they are still not ‘alive' (Perhaps ‘not not dead’ would be a more appropriate term!). The three texts for discussion in this paper, Robin McKinley’s novel Sunshine, Hans Christian Anderson’s perennial short story The Steadfast Tin Soldier, and Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit all delineate between the real or... Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:08 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/355/fangbangers-tin-soldiers-and-living-toys-fictional-creatures-becoming-real