We usually think of fairy tales as pleasant stories for children; however, "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Snow White" use frightening encounters with unfamiliar people to teach children not to trust strangers.…
Many people have contemplated if whether or not to let children watch or read Disney fairytales. In my perspective, I believe that children should be granted to watch Disney fairytales. Today my goal is for you to be convinced into my opinions and/or reasons to why fairytales are good for children. My thoughts are referred from “10 Reasons Why Kids Need To Read Non-Disney Fairy Tales” by Melissa Taylor, the genre being why fairy tales should be read by kids.…
We all grew up hoping to be the princesses who met the dreamy prince and lived ‘happily ever after’ like in a fairy tale. People debate over whether or not Disney fairytales are beneficial for children. Like Arielle Schussler the author of the piece “A case against fairytales”,I am against fairy tales. In this essay I will argue on why kids should not be taught Disney or original fairy tales.…
Fairy tales should illustrate more than what meets the eye. It should incorporate certain elements, which can aid in the development to healthy growth of a childhood. In “Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament,” Bruno Bettelheim discusses the importance of fairy tales and the elements they should contain in order to fully connect with a child reading a particular fairy tale. Bettelheim considers a successful fairy tale to be one, which fulfills a child’s psychological needs and promotes his/her development. The Grimm brother’s structure of their fairy tale in Little Red Cap (LRC) was different in certain points than Charles…
SUMMARY AND RESPONSE TO TEACHING TOLERANCE IN AMER 2 Summary and Response to Teaching Tolerance in America Within his essay “Teaching Tolerance in America,” Devlin (2011) begins by introducing the reader to the current state of the nation‟s schools, specifically high schools, by discussing a variety of ways that tolerance in schools is falling short and that this is a significant problem. He then describes in great detail this issue, but categorizes its cause into to three specific areas: racial differences, gender differences, and social differences. For example, with regard to social differences, Devlin states, “The outsiders, geeks, and gays are ridiculed by everyone and harassed, bullied, and picked on by the jocks and by other members…
But the lessons fairy tales teach are in many cases relevant for adults. Today most people see fairy tales as children’s literature, but this has not always been the case. Once fairy tales were an art shared by people of all ages and social classes. Children often play and make up their own stories, they use their imagination and fantasy is a part of their daily life. The way fairy tales are built up appeals to children because it gives them an opportunity to learn and understand. Children need guidance. One of the ways fairy tales can teach children things and entertain them is by guiding them through the stories. Fairy tales are for everyone. They are stories of the people; their roots grow deep into our roots and society. Though we have changed their original purpose and associated them with children stories, they aren’t any less meaningful. Fairy tales simplicity to read is very much so misunderstood when it comes to morals and meanings as they mean so much with so…
Fairytales. When we hear or see that calming word, we automatically think of beautiful expensive ball gowns, charming handsome Princes, pumpkins turning into carriages, and the infamous ending of true loves first kiss. When growing up, many of us had these wonderful tales read to us before bed or at school with all of our friends. Fairytales, having been around for centuries, sends all kinds of important moral messages from being a child to facing the ‘beautiful’ world of adulthood. Growing up and being placed in the adult world, we come to terms that fairytales aren’t the classic stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Briar Rose, or Cinderella that we all know and love, its much more than that. We are surrounded by Fairytales, almost as if they…
In Bruno Bettelheim’s “The Uses of Enchantment”, Bruno describes how fairy tales are adapted to realistic, everyday problems to guide children’s development to proper decision making as they grow up. As children transition from adolescence to adulthood, they are generally given advice and morals about how to handle the hardships that the world delivers to grown up adults. Bettelheim claims that fairy tales offer solutions to challenging situations, at a level that a child can comprehend and understand. Fairy tales deliberately state a dilemma briefly so the child can fully understand the problem in the tale. Bettelheim also believes that there are no gray areas for people who are good or bad, meaning you are rather a good person or you are evil. This, according to Bettelheim, makes it less difficult for a child to understand the difference between the two. I don’t agree with Bettelheim’s ideas about the value of fairy tales because the outcomes usually are not realistic. Although Bettelheim makes valid claims when he talks about how these stories are to teach young children good morals, there’s some uncertainty that support his claim where misinterpretations of the text in some fairytales clouds Bettelheim’s statements.…
Many people don’t know their purpose or motivation to reach a certain goal, while others have it all figured out and are becoming “heroes”, or so they think. Jay Gatsby from the film “The Great Gatsby” is a lover hero, since he is completely motivated by love, his character flaw is dishonesty which causes people to believe an inaccurate description of Gatsby and his past. Lover heroes like Gatsby will do anything and everything they can to feel loved, for they are committed and passionate about gaining bliss. Gatsby is determined to get Daisy’s love back, even if he throws in a couple of lies dealing with his past. Gatsby’s description of a lover hero is completely related to his motivation of Daisy’s love, his flaw of lying to gain bliss,…
These days most fairy tales are told through a Disney filter of happiness and song. Reading the much darker original Grimm's Fairy…
It is hard to consider people who neglect to act in the face of extreme cruelty, especially those who witnessed the events of the Holocaust without intervening, as average humans. However, recent sociological experiments have revealed that most people will witness an emergency without intervening due to altruistic inertia or pluralistic ignorance. In the case of genocide, dehumanization is crucial to the ability of ordinary people to commit or observe unspeakable acts of violence against another. Genocides such as the Holocaust occur due to the nature of most people to be bystanders and the ability of the perpetrators to depict their victims as subhuman.…
Folk tale, fairy tales, and fables have been used for generations and have been passed down from generation to generation to teach children about morals, what’s right and wrong, cultures and believes. The emotional connection to feelings that children develop from them will help them develop a sense of belonging. Folk tales, fairy tales and fables have changed over time depending on how and where they are told but the outcomes are always the same.…
Like Gottschall said, “fiction seems to teach us to see the world through rose-colored lenses.” (3), by growing up with lots of fictional happy endings, we expect all fairy tales to end in a “good for everyone” way but in real life, there are no happy endings. There are no happy endings because there is no ending. All stories are somehow interconnected and continued after the supposed end. However, if kids watched dark, realistic fairy tales from the start, our entire society would look different. Ceridwen Dovey wrote in his article that “the ability to guess...what another human being might be thinking or feeling…[starts] to develop around the age of four”(3). So unemotional children would eventually turn into passive adults, leading to a cold…
The introduction of the book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim focused on the benefits of fairytales on child development. Bettelheim talks about how important developing the child's imagination is. Developing the imagination allows children to process what they see in the world and process what they hear in stories. This gives them a good grasp on their conscience (11-12). Fairy tales allows for children to learn about problems in the real world and ways to deal with them. Bettelheim says that there is a fine line between a story holding a child's attention and not; the story must be entertaining but by arousing their imagination…
Fairy tales picture a world filled with magic, love and the triumph of the good over the evil. Fairy tales are a window to other worlds where the wildest dreams can come true and the hero always lives happily ever after preferably paired with his loved one. Although some people argue that fairy tales are full of stereotypes, filled with frightening monsters and promote racism and sexism I believe that they are wrong because fairy tales provide valuable moral lessons to children, teach them other countries' cultures promote the imagination and the cognitive development and therefore they should be read to young children.…