...Imagine you were in the three little pigs. If you could choose from any of the three pigs in the story, which one would you choose to be? In the short story, “The Story of the Three Little Pigs” there are three pigs that all try to protect themselves from the big bad wolf. They all make houses, out of different materials, to stop the wolf from eating them. The first two pigs build a weak house and get eaten by the big bad wolf. However, the third pig outsmarts the wolf so he doesn't get eaten. Eventually, the pig leads the wolf into a trap and the pig eats the wolf. Some might say the first pig is the most admirable or the second pig or the third. Out of all the three little pigs, the third pig is the most admirable. He was the most admirable...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations - An Exercise in Paraphrasing By The Walden University Writing Center Staff This exercise is designed to help you improve your paraphrasing skills. You'll also get practice at writing a compare-and-contrast interpretive paper, which will help you with the process used in KAMs and other course papers. Three interpretations of the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs appear here, along with a mini-research study about wolves and pigs. To help you improve your writing skills, you can approach these pages in two ways: First, read the assigned questions below. Then read through the four short interpretive texts. Next, take some time to write a brief paper in which you answer the questions posed at the beginning. Were you able to easily summarize using your own words? Were you able to write without having the original source open in front of you? Did you include proper in-text citations? Assigned Questions 1. In no more than four paragraphs, summarize the story of the three pigs. (Refer to either the Higley or Ashliman version for direct quotes.) 2. Compare and contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) Literature...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations - An Exercise in Paraphrasing By The Walden University Writing Center Staff This exercise is designed to help you improve your paraphrasing skills. You will also get practice at writing a compare-and-contrast interpretive paper, which will help you with the process used in your doctoral study and other course papers. Three interpretations of the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs appear here, along with a mini-research study about wolves and pigs. To help you improve your writing skills, you can approach these pages in two ways: First, read the assigned questions below. Then read the four short interpretive texts. Next, take some time to write a brief paper in which you answer the questions posed at the beginning. Were you able to summarize easily using your own words? Were you able to write without having the original source open in front of you? Did you include proper in-text citations? Assigned Questions 1. In no more than four paragraphs, summarize the story of the three pigs. (Refer to any of the four interpretations for direct quotes.) 2. Compare and contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) ...
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...emotional developments. Some of these rhymes have significant meaning (historical meaning), some even include a moral lesson. Transition times are often difficult for preschool children and their teachers. These early childhood rhymes and songs help children move from one activity to another. When children become familiar with just a few transitional rhymes they become secure in their knowledge of what comes next. Many nursery rhymes use the classic number three. For example, The Three Little Pigs, portrays this classic number three. This pattern seems to add drama and suspense while making the story easy to remember and follow. The third event often signals a change or ending for the audience/reader. A third time also dismisses coincidence such as two repetitive events would suggest. The number three’s popularity has been considered powerful across history in different cultures and religions. Some have considered three to be the perfect number because it represented everything: beginning, middle and end. In The Three Little Pigs, the wolf is used as the villain. The wolf is common used as fairy tale and nursery rhyme villain. This nursery rhyme also includes some sort of humor, for example, the knocking at the door in which the wolf is essentially knocking to be admitted to eat the...
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...birthday is 11/21/09, and at this present time of observation he is 4 years old. After several days of observation and according to the 4-5 year old developmental checklist, John is well above his age level in development. On day 1 of observation after arriving from breakfast, John washed his hands. After washing his hands he sat down on the carpet to wait for his teachers to join the carpet. The teacher read The Three Little Pigs. After the story, the teacher showed the children a short clip on you tube of the story, then asked the students to draw a picture of the story they had heard. John drew a picture of three pigs and 3 houses and wrote his name at the bottom. He then proceeded to retell me the story about the pigs and the wolf leaving out minor details. In retelling the story John covered some of the Language Milestones and some hand and finger skills while drawing the picture. According to the Language Milestones John was able to recall all parts of the story, not just some. He was able to speak sentences of more than 5 words, and he was able to tell a long story. By writing his name John showed hand and finger skills. He was able to print all the letters in his name. John is a very easy going child that got along well with all the students in his class. At carpet time, John and the other children did the song Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes. This covered the social milestone. He followed rules very easily. He showed independence by going to the bathroom on his own...
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...A Marxist Examination of Animal Farm Literature has been around since the beginning of time; it is the means of expressing our pain and class struggles. Criticism in literature is concerned with the way in which literature examines the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of individuals. In the novella Animal Farm written by George Orwell in 1945 Orwell examines the power and greed of the few individuals and the struggles and oppression of the many who work. Animal Farm is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union under Stalin. The story takes place on a farm were, the men running the farm are exploiting the animals and steeling all the animals labour. The animals decide to rebel against the men and run the farm themselves. The farm is run by two pigs Napoleon and Snowball. Snowball is based on Leon Trotsky, a communist who believed that all workers deserved a share in profits and equal rights. Napoleon is based on Stalin, a though man who betrayed his people and got overwhelm with power and money, Stalin killed Trotsky and became the leader of the Soviet. In the novella Napoleon chasses Snowball away and he takes complete control of the Farm. Napoleon betrays the animals and the rules set at the beginning, he exploited the other animals. Orwell’s book Animal Farm is a Marxist examination of the Russian revelation. Marxism was started by Karl Marx, born in 1818, he was a man who saw the struggles between class and between the oppressed...
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...Farm as book and film respectively Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a story about how animals take over a farm. The farm and the animals are symbols that are used to represent the Russian Revolution. The story of Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution. If you make a comparison between the movie Animal Farm and the book Animal Farm there are numerous reasons that made it similar and different. This Animal Farm movie features some significant departures from Orwell's story. It may be the best film adaptation of the novel to date, but it's far from perfect. No film adaptation of a written work is hardly ever perfect, but one could expect this one to be fairly accurate because Animal Farm is a rather short book, after all. For the most part, I feel like this movie does a great job capturing the essence of Orwell’s work, but there are some significant departures that one should be aware of. One thing that I believe can make a book good is the characters. There were many more animals on the farm, in the book. The movie did not show many animals except for the main animals. Even though this is a small difference, I find it very noticeable. In the book, Mollie was a character. When she betrayed the animals by being with a human it gave you a feeling that there were more animals that could be traitors. Rather than the animals talking, as in the book, a narrator generally tells the story in the movie. The animals only have very few sound effects in the movie. In the...
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...teaching of English * The role of stories and storytelling in language teaching * Selecting story books * Pupil responses * Personal and professional development of teachers * Other support materials * Books referred to in this article The role of stories and storytelling in language teaching Once upon a time and not so very long ago in the capital city of France, a teaching centre for little children and not so little children was opened. One little child and then two and then three and then many, many more came along. And so our story unfolds ….. There was a little red hen, a meerkat in trouble, a brown bear, a black elephant and a white elephant, a very hungry caterpillar, Spot the dog, a clever tortoise, a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion, a kangaroo from Woolloomooloo and many more. These are just some of the colourful characters from children's literature who have helped children aged 5 - 10 attending holiday classes at the British Council's Young Learners Centre in Paris learn English. These weekly courses take place each afternoon for two hours. The educational value of using stories and the technique of storytelling has always been undisputed throughout the world. Now more and more English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers of young learners are using carefully selected stories from the world of children's literature because they have become more familiar with an acquisition-based methodology and because stories comply to the major objectives in...
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...Comments on revision: Tascha, it looks like you focused most of your revision on organization, which makes sense since that was the biggest issue with your draft. Your revisions make your internal paragraph organization much clearer. Your paragraph to paragraph organization was largely unchanged, with the exception of the deleted paragraph near the end, and that is something to think about for the next paper. One of the best tools for revising for paragraph to paragraph organization is a reverse outline, which you can read about here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/1/ . The other thing to work on is making sure your main claim is as specific as possible, or at least as specific as the paper that follows. Most of your claims center around a child’s identification with the prince as a way of learning self-acceptance, and some specific information about that to clarify early on for a reader the kind of argument you are making about the tale will greatly help that reader follow the logic of your argument. Comments on draft: Tascha, you have a strong voice and some great analysis of PP here. You really seem to have taken to B’s approach, and are able to bring out the ways the tale could help reassure a child in ways that generate new insight about the tale. My main concern right now is that your organization is getting in the way of some of this analysis, particularly in the first half of your paper. I recommend in a marginal comment, but I’ll repeat it here, that...
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...selection for junior and senior high students to study. Although on one level the novel is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the story is just as applicable to the latest rebellion against dictators around the world. Young people should be able to recognize similarities between the animal leaders and politicians today. The novel also demonstrates how language can be used to control minds. Since teenagers are the target not only of the educational system itself but also of advertising, the music industry, etc., they should be interested in exploring how language can control thought and behavior. Animal Farm is short and contains few words that will hamper the reader’s understanding. The incidents in the novel allow for much interactive learning, providing opportunities for students to dramatize certain portions, to expand on speeches, and to work out alternative endings. The novel can be taught collaboratively with the history department as an allegory of the Russian Revolution, allowing students to draw parallels between actual events and people and the imaginary ones created by Orwell. The novel can also be taught as a beast fable following the study of shorter fables by Aesop and James Thurber. Examining the work as a satirical comment on the corrupting influence of power, students should be able to trace the corruption of the pigs and perhaps relate their findings to individuals in our own...
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...using examples from the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. This story shows these pigs slowly using their manipulative brains, and thoughts, to take control of this Animal Farm. Throughout the book these pigs gain more power and begin to abuse it corrupting the system transforming this socialism dream into a communism starting the whole cycle of unfair rule where signs of unrest become present once again. As the title suggests, Animal Farm takes place on a farm that was once owned by Mr. Jones, who was an abusive animal caretaker who always got drunk and never followed through with his responsibilities. This was seen in the very beginning when, "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes." This farm lies in the center of a string of three farms divided by natural barriers, and a road that leads to the town. The farm held a well, fields, orchards, stalls, house, and every other thing that a normal farm would contain. This tale was created to express the ideas of a perfect government called socialism and the human nature to want more than equality. Animal Farm shows how if someone is granted more power with nothing to tie it down or limit it, it will corrupt. The pigs slowly manipulated the system so that in secret they changed the laws to suit their own personal needs. Eventually without realizing it the pigs controlled everything, and began to use their high status to gain whatever...
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...The Boogeyman In the short story “The Boogeyman” by Stephen King, we are introduced to Lester Billings, a trouble man who has lost his three children. The short story has a third person narrator, which means that the narrator is external, outside the story. Somehow, we only hear Lester Billings, the main characters point of view. The way Lester Billings is presenting his story and his experiences to Dr. Harper sounds incredible as if it from a mentally ill person. “I can’t go to a priest because I’m not a Catholic. I can’t go to a lawyer because I haven’t don’t anything to consult a lawyer about. All I did was kill my kids. One at a time. Killed them all.” This is the first thing Billings says in the neighborhood of his problem to Dr. Harper. He feels responsible of their killings and he needs to release his guilt. In spite of the fact that he is about to confess the murders of his three children, this is a quite composed way of telling his experience. Billings is very arrogant and self-centered in way of behaving in relation to other people. He also feels superior to woman and talks quite openly about being a male chauvinist pig and a child abuser, for example he says “… I started to slap her, just like the old days,” “--- And a wife should follow her husband,” “She was always such a jellyfish … look how easy she went to be with me when we weren’t married” and “And if he didn’t stop crying I’d give him a wrack.” This examples show us that he wants to be in control but...
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...One night after the farmer Mr. Jones drunkley goes to bed without securing his animals, Old Major, a prize winning boar gathers all the animals into the big barn for a meeting. He goes on to tell the other animals about a dream he had where all the animals lived together where no humans could control them. Old Major teaches the animals a song, “Beasts of England”, and them they must work towards such a utopian world. The other animals love Old Major’s idea and are greatly enthusiastic about it. Old Major dies just three later, and three young pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, create a philosophy called Animalism using Old Major’s main principles. Then one night the animals defeated the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle running him off of the farm. They then rename the property Animal Farm and and dedicate themselves to achieving Old Major’s dream of a utopian world without humans controlling the...
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...reasons, why you felt this way. In the short story Previous Good Conduct, written by author Ruth Thomas, the protagonist stands out particularly; that is the character of the mother left at home to look after the children. She is portrayed as a woman who holds very peculiar views and her actions and thoughts are quite unreasonable. There are three important parts to the short story that are relative to the protagonist. These are: the first few sentences that show her initial attitude to life, the flashbacks that show her negative views towards her children and lastly the way in which she convinces herself of the reasoning behind her actions. In the first part of the short story, Previous Good Conduct, the protagonist’s attitude towards life seems very blasé. She is also painted as a person that deals with her emotions by hurting others, such as her nearly four year old son Bobby. She seems blasé because in the first few sentences, her living area is described as very untidy and it seems unrealistic that a mother would ignore the mess and her children. It is untidy because there were ‘cornflakes crunching under her slippers’, ‘a trickle of milk running down the leg of the highchair’, and a ‘nappy resting where she had dropped it’. The protagonist doesn’t seem to be doing anything during this time, other than surveying the scene. The reader first discovers her fast changing anger levels when she screams ‘dirty little pig’ at her young, three year old son when he licks mucous that...
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...Short stories are meant to be short and get to the point fast. All this short stories do that just in different ways. “A&P” by Updikes, Sammy starts as a weak character but then at the end he comes out stronger and with courage to do what he had been wanting to do for a long time. “A Pose for Emily” by Faulkner, Miss. Emily loses her father and is left all alone, she gets company from the delivery boy. “Young Goodman Brown” by Faulkner, he has his mind set at the being that everyone has goodness in them and then at the end when he meets the devil, he learns everyone does not have goodness in them. “A Pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan, Jing-Mei learns she has two sisters and finally goes to China to meet her family. Everyone has weakness and strength,...
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