The Circular Journey Children's literature has a subversive linear pattern within the circular journey dominant in traditional children's literature. The basic model in children's literature is the circular journey. That is, the plot follows the trajectory home-departure from home-adventure-return home. The purpose of the journey is the maturation of the child including the reader, but the return home is a matter of maturity and a change of thought. In the article A Midsummer Night's Dream it talks about how in most fairy tales the protagonists escape from the real world and embark on a journey into the fantasy world, that in the end the protagonists return to the real world becoming more self-confident, informed individual and adapted. For example, in the novel Water Babies written by Charles Kingsley, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, and Peter Pan, written by JM Barrie, we can see many examples of this kind of circular journey to life. The linear pattern is much more attractive but requires a certain amount of courage for a child to accept the absence of their home and live a “perfect” life. This means that children's literature has real, polemical readers and consequential practical issues. The Water Babies describes the "perfect world" to live in. Like children's literature, Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, the "Water World" is the key symbol of this novel. Kingsley tries to prove that “The Water World” is the “perfect” place to live, as it forgets about adults and there are no rules. It's not escapism, but it's the key to restoring the real world. Therefore spontaneous dictation in this novel is the object of research. In this novel, the ideal world has...... middle of paper ......and a similar plot pattern. That is, the plot follows the trajectory home-departure from home-adventure-return home. These authors try to emphasize the fantasy world and give the protagonist a choice, the choice to choose the real world over the fantasy world. However, in all the novels, the protagonists choose to return to the real world. The return home is a sign of change in the protagonist. The return to the real world shows that the protagonist is more mature and shows that the protagonists are more confident, informed and adjusted individuals. Although children's literature can deal with death, sadness, and uncomfortable issues in a similar way to how adult literature deals with such issues. Although children's literature can deal with death, sadness, and uncomfortable issues in similar ways to how adult literature deals with such issues.