...Encouraging children to believe in a fantasy that is unobtainable is what Disney has successfully done with the help of their fairytale movies. Altering the gruesomeness of blood soaked feet and empty eye sockets of Grimm, into a lighter hearted humorous version of Cinderella has changed the moral and what we are trying to teach our children. If Disney’s movies were made identical to Grimm’s versions would they still be as magical, would the movies still be geared for a younger audience? Has Disney taken away the true hardships and meaning of the classic fairytale by censoring the stories to fit their ideal mold? Children who have grown up with Disney have been given entertainment first and to believe in a fantasy world and where morals are no longer the focus. Children want to believe in characters and certain setting and events that occur and Tolkien makes a good claim at that by saying, “children are capable, of course, of literary belief, when the story-maker's art is good enough to produce it.” The story of Cinderella is a tale of a girl that goes through abuse and is made to be a servant in her own home and given a new name in mockery of her suffering. Grimm made Cinderella’s mother present and an important factor in her personality by saying "Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect thee, and I will look down on thee from heaven and be near thee." That line in itself shows the way society thought at that time and the type of message...
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...In a lifetime one will meet all different kind of people some will be foolish, mean, trustworthy, deceitful, generous, etc….Different types of characters is something that is reinforced in children’s stories. In Tales of Wonder from Many Lands, there are several different characters some were foolish, generous, abused, etc…. How can one classify the different characters in Tales of Wonder from Many Lands. One can classify the different characters according to how good or bad they treat others. Three different types of characters are brave and are willing to sacrifice themselves, abusers who treat other as slaves and victims of violence. The first group of characters I would like to identify are the victims of abuse. Most of which were females whom were victimized as a result of jealousy from step mother and or foolish fathers. At times a step parent may feel the need to shut the child that doesn’t biologically belong to them out of their lives and often mistreat them or belittle them. No matter how ridiculous or difficult the task they were given they never complained and always had faith that life will eventually get better. For instance in Cinderella the stepmother was determined keep Cinderella as slave by forcing her to do all house chores, intentionally throwing peas in piles of ashes and ordering her to hand pick the peas and return the peas to the stepmother, not allowing her to eat with the family and keeping her away from all social events. Such as...
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...CHRONICLES OF LEEDS It’s a Maloney place in Prison A tale of tragedy and loss swept the city of Leeds today as a man aged 48 died due to gunshot wounds. Mr Maloney’s stepfather died after a single shot pierced his heart and was dead in an instant. Heartbreakingly, the person behind the gun was Mr Maloney’s step son. The pair had been drinking heavily and celebrating due to Steven’s (Step-son) promotion and things took a turn for the worse when a quarrel broke out about who is the better marksman with a gun. Under the heavy influence of alcohol, the pair then decided to have a ‘quick on the draw’ contest- a challenge only thought as being apparent in a western. Maloney’s stepfather, then fatally, told his step son to ‘Go ahead, if you’ve got the guts’. Much to the dismay of the insult plus the temptation that was offered before him, Mr Maloney then proceeded to shoot at his step father, however he only intended on shooting near him to prove to his Stepfather that indeed he does have ‘the guts’. The Stepfather Michael, died seconds later as the bullets from the shotgun fired by Maloney pierced through his heart and local doctors upon arriving at the scene called the step father as ‘being in a irrecoverable condition’. Maloney, after firing and thus killing his stepfather, proceeded to call the police and state that ‘he murdered his stepfather’ and that he ‘didn’t aim I just pulled the trigger and he was dead’. PC Powell later told our reporters that Maloney was in a ‘stressed...
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...“Sofia and Dawin didn’t have to help; no, they got to sit sweetly on the sofa and take questions while I served platter after platter of sandwiches” (Pg. 26) This expresses the theme of isolation because Miramar is being treated as a maid while her younger siblings are experiencing fame with all the interviews. She feels left out and isolated that she did not mysteriously get any talent after Ba died. Miramar tries to overcome this isolation by pretending to have a good time during the interview. “Wherever I went, to the mall, to the grocery store, or to the front of the house to water the lawn, everyone wanted to know about Sofia and Darwin” (Pg. 28) This captures the feeling of isolation because everywhere Miramar went, people would only ask about Sofia and Darwin about their talents. This made Miramar wonder why her Ba never gave her any talents and would doubt herself about her attitude and personality. “They would ask if I had developed any extraordinary powers. No, I would reply, embarrassed and take that as a cue to slip away” (Pg. 28) She feels embarrassed that she does not have any talents but her siblings were fortunate enough to mysteriously develop these gifts. This impacts her mental emotions as she starts to change her feelings towards her siblings. “Once again, I faded into the background, something I was used to doing in the outside would, but never had to do in the world of Woo” (Pg. 29) This shows isolation because Miramar feels that she has been disappeared...
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...Once upon a time in the far away kingdom of Kingdom1 lived a beautiful princess named Sophia. Sophia was adored throughout the kingdom for her bravery, courageousness, and kindness. Her smile was as warm as the sun and her eyes were sparkling like the sea. However, Sophia was not always happy. She would spend her days away in her castle, stuck in a daze of the life she wished to live. The idea of being a princess did not appeal to her. The dresses were too fancy, the heels hurt her feet, and the makeup seemed like a mask concealing her true identity from the world. She played the typical princess role expected of her, despite her dreams of doing otherwise. Sophia’s parents the King and Queen of Kingdom1 decided she would be sent away to live in a tower on her 18th birthday. She is to wait for her knight in shining armour to come rescue her. If he is brave enough to get past the gruesome ogre that guards the tower she will be rescued and they will ride off into the sunset together and live happily ever after. Sophia has a different plan in mind for her future. Sophia turned 18 and realized her fate. She waved goodbye to the life she always knew and said hello to her new life of unhappiness. As each day passed it seemed like a dark, gloomy cloud of sadness hovered over her. She felt like a confined prisoner inside the walls of her tower. From her window she could see the giant green ogre guard the tower. He had ferocious fangs, evil eyes, and super strength. She quickly changed...
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...I ran for my life. I didn’t grab no shoes or nothing Jesus. Cinderella is a fictional Disney Pixar character. She appears in many movies other than “Cinderella.” The movie “Ever After” is better than the Grimm’s tale “Cinderella.” In choosing either “Ever After” or “Cinderella,” I’d choose “Ever After.” For example, the evil step sisters did not get their body parts cut off in the movie. It’s an extremely .unpleasant thing to read. It could seriously scare a small child. Also including, one of the step sisters, in the movie, was willing to stand up for her. It is very important to stand up and be kind, even if you are standing alone. This teaches children a valuable life lesson. So, if you are looking for an appropriate movie...
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...In Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of Butterflies, the bond of sisterhood displayed by the Mirabal sisters proves that even in the toughest of times a sister provides and shows strength to one another out of love and loyalty no matter the circumstances. For example, when Minerva first tells Maria Teresa about her secret meetings, MaTe overwhelmed with knowledge, fears not what knowing the truth about her country means “but that [Minerva] might let go” of her hand in that moment. (39) Although frightened, MaTe dreads losing her sister, who represents a lifeline of sanity to MaTe, more than Trujillo’s wrath. Minerva gives MaTe the strength to comprehend and accept the actuality of their plight in the Dominican Republic, and courageously jump...
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...Although many thought it would never actually happen, the Trujillo regime has finally ended. Many credit this to the sacrifices the Mirabal sisters made but there are other things that are accredited for Trujillo’s fall. Various opinions regarding the sacrifices of the sisters have arisen shortly after the end of the revolution. While there are a large number of people that argue that the extreme sacrifices of the sisters were ineffectual to the revolution, others argue that they are the one and only reason that many people didn’t die. After some thought, I am forced to agree with the later. Minerva losing her license to practice law, and Minerva, Patria, and Mate abandoning their children were all justified as they meaningfully contributed to this revolution....
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...The four Mirabal sisters are still honored and recognized as heroines in the Dominican Republic and some parts of the world. The four sisters always stuck together through everything. They really paved the way for female in the Dominican Republic. They stood up politically against their dictator Trujillo. They were imprisoned a few times, and they always found ways to beat the but they eventually ended up dead. Nobody officially knows how though… It was said they ran off of a cliff, but some believe that they were set up by Trujillo. There is much evidence that points to the second option. On the other hand, six months after the death of the sister’s death Trujillo was assassinated. He was set up by the CIA on May 30, 1961. The CIA...
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...The Worst Trip to Disneyland It was a cloudy, rainy day that wasn’t starting out great for me. I sat up in the same bed I'd slept in for the past four days and the first thought that ran through my head was, June 29. Today I leave New York with my mom, stepdad, step brother, and I, had spent the last week in the state of New York the first three in Long Island for a golf tournament and the last four in the city. I hadn't done half the things I'd wanted to do nor had I seen half the things I wanted to see, but everything must come to an end and so this trip must to, as much as I didn't want it to or so I thought... We didn't even need to leave the city for the airport until noon, so we went to go see the massive library in the middle of Manhattan. Too early, it was time to head back to the hotel and grab our baggage before grabbing a taxi to the airport. At the airport, we got all checked in and passed security without any issues. At the gate, the four of us sat in the plush black chairs. About fifteen minutes before we were scheduled for departure, the flight attendants called our seat numbers and we filed onto the plane. In our seats, we carefully stowed our carry-ons and lightly fought over the window seat. The rest of the plane boarded, we were all buckled in, and were just waiting for the flight attendant to come and explain the safety features so we could be in the air. After about fifteen minutes of waiting about five minutes after our scheduled departure we weren't...
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...This is the very well-known story of a young woman with a wicked stepmother. The young woman was kind and sweet with a gentle nature. But her two stepsisters had their mother’s (wicked stepmother) mannerisms and bad temper. In-turn, the kind young woman (Cinderella) got her kind and gentle nature from her mother, the first wife of the worthy man. The second wife showed her true colors shortly after getting married to the worthy man. The stepmother’s bad temper and wicked ways came out into the open. Cinderella was given very hard tasks around the house to do. After the chores, Cinderella was to sit among the cinders around by the fireplace chimney, from this she was to be known as Cinder-clod. Cinderella also had to sleep on a wretched mattress in a garret on the top of the house. Even though Cinderella was a pretty girl, her wretched clothes still did not prevented her from being hundreds of times more beautiful than her stepsisters. Plus her stepsisters had resplendent garments. In this classic story, I had originally forgotten it to the point that all I reread in the packet was mostly new to me. But after being familiarized with it, this wonderful story stored in memory came back in full force. When the king’s son (the prince) gave a ball, he invited all the higher up people. The two mean stepsisters of Cinderella were invited, but not her. What I found mean and reprehensible was the fact that Cinderella had went over the two meanies linen and ironed out their ruffles so they...
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...The Death of a Butterfly “Las Mariposas”, The Butterflies, is the codename given to the Mirabal sisters upon their emergence into the Dominican Revolution. While the name grew from Minerva’s underground name, it also took on a symbol of hope, change, and transformation behind the suppression of the Dominican people. Throughout the novel each sister represents a different stage of the butterfly life cycle: Dede as an Egg, Patria as a caterpillar, Maria as a Pupa, and Minerva as an adult; each respective stage symbolizes the different levels of courage and sacrifice devoted to their country’s freedom from tyrant Rafael Trujillo. Alvarez uses symbolism in “The Time of the Butterflies” to suggest that the price of freedom paid by the Mirabal Sisters was not worth the cost when butterflies have such short lives. Butterflies have grown to symbolize a variety of different meanings throughout history and culture. Their metamorphosis is typically construed as a representation of change, purity, and rebirth, while some cultures view butterflies as a depiction of the soul or a transition between lives. Dede takes on the “Egg” stage of the butterfly life cycle as her character faces many obstacles despite being the least involved sister. Like the egg, Dede remains planted firmly where she was laid. “A chill goes through her, for she feels it in her bones, the future is now beginning. By the time it is over, it will be the past, and she doesn’t want to be the only one left to tell their...
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...Biography Sistah Souljah Lisa Williamson was the name of the baby girl born on March 29, 1964 to a single mother in the Bronx, New York. Growing up Lisa (Sistah Souljah) was always in touch with her creative side. At a young age her and her family relocated to Englewood, New Jersey. There she started buckling down on her studies and putting her brain to work. As she was going through high school she always wrote and strived to be an author. In her own words, she literally came up from the bottom and fought. Lisa attended Rutgers University, and earned a degree in American History and African Studies. She attended Cornell University Advanced Placement Studies, She also studied abroad in Europe at the University of Salamanca. While studying abroad Lisa got first hand experience with a lot of things. She built medical centers, worked with refugee children, and was a high active member of the international student anti-aparthied movement. She made a name for herself and was putting herself out there in the world to let her purpose in life be known. As her reputation was growing so was her lust to write and to tell her stories to the world . She started in the field of entertainment and has been on many platforms, such as radio, television, and political rights. Williamson is a very successful woman and has 3 national bestsellers back to back to back. She is the CEO of numerous companies, the chairman of a number of charitable orginizations, the director of many nationwide...
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...READING AND VIEWING GUIDE Title: Cinderella | I think it means: It’s the name of the main protagonist in the story, it means “of the ashes” in French. This is because after Cinderella would finish her work, she would sit at the corner of the chimney where there were cinders and ashes. | Key Words and Phrases: 1.)“Cinderwench”2.) “There came thither the finest princess, the most beautiful ever was seen with mortal eyes; she showed us a thousand civilities, and gave us oranges and citrons.” | I think these words are included because…1.) “Cinderwench” is what Cinderella’s elder stepsister called her to mock her, cinder because she was dirty and wench because it means servant or a prostitute. 2.) This phrase was said by Cinderella’s stepsister to her and what’s ironic is that the “finest princess” she’s talking about is Cinderella. This shows that her stepsisters find her to be really attractive but are just jealous. | Big Ideas and Quotations:“When she got home she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after having thanked her, she said she could not but heartily wish she might go next day to the ball, because the King's son had desired her.” | I remember this because…This quote shows that Cinderella was indeed very special, since she impressed the Prince and he choose her over the several other girls at the ball. | Resolution: The Prince falls in love with Cinderella and marries her. | I think the Big Idea is…That there is hope for everyone and that the good path...
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..."Every decision you make shapes your own destiny." In the time of the butterflies, Julia Alvarez has two characters by the name of Minerva and Patria Mirabal. This book is a great book to read.The Mirabals were farmers in the Dominican Republic . The sisters grew up in a middle class, cultured environment raised by Enrique Mirabal Fernandez and Mercedes Reyes Camilo. The four sisters married and raised families. Unlike her sisters, Dede never attended college, and instead worked as a homemaker and helped out run the family business in agriculture and Cattle. "Family is all you have sometimes." The Mirabal sisters are a very interesting group of people. I will be comparing Patria and and Minerva. Minerva and Patria are both pretty girls. They were both married, and we're both very sensitive and nice. Now in the book the sisters go through a lot of hard times. They almost get killed and some do get killed. It was almost as if they were slaves being held captive by a white man yet it was them being held captive by Trujillo. Back then the girls weren't treated as girls they were basically treated like a man if you would say so. But it seems as if as long as they have each other they'd be fine. Even though their dad died and all that other bad stuff they still had each other and they still survived until basically the end of the book. "When love is unconditional, life is good." There is so much love in this book. That's why people get married, that's why people join together...
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