Thumbelina Censorship Essay
Imagine being thwarted, kidnapped and forced into marriage on two separate occasions. The original intent of the plot in the story "Thumbelina" may have been to entertain as it was written by then popular children's author, Hans Christian Andersen, but in our eyes, due to the environment around us, has conditioned us with a different way of thinking. This terrifying event was rebooted and relived in a slightly less gruesome manner by the star of the animated film "Thumbelina" which was directed by 20th Century Fox. The film is actually one with disturbing origins. When compared to the original text "Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Anderson the film is seemingly benevolent. But when delving deeper into things such as characterization,
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The difference in the era of which these were written plays in obvious impact with how ideas are presented. What may have seemed appropriate then is not appropriate now. Things such as censorship have shielded children and adults as well from things such as nudity, swearing, or just content deemed "inappropriate" by the government. According to multiple studies censorship can have a negative affect which is described in the article The Affects of Censorship on Expirenced High School Teachers: "One disturbing aspect of censorship is its power to deny students in one class or an entire school system the right to read particular texts. Mike Rose argued that many schools, in spite of good intentions, actually deny students the opportunity to develop intellectually: "Our approaches to language and literacy as often as not keep us from deep understanding of differences and problems—and possibilities" (128). Even the threat of censorship works to exacerbate the fears of teachers and to undermine their attempts to introduce a broad range of texts that will help diverse groups of students enter a discourse that "defines them as members of an intellectual community" (Rose 192)." This is just one example of what censorship does to our thinking and education system another instance is from the New York Times where a teacher states that students ''...need to
The difference in the era of which these were written plays in obvious impact with how ideas are presented. What may have seemed appropriate then is not appropriate now. Things such as censorship have shielded children and adults as well from things such as nudity, swearing, or just content deemed "inappropriate" by the government. According to multiple studies censorship can have a negative affect which is described in the article The Affects of Censorship on Expirenced High School Teachers: "One disturbing aspect of censorship is its power to deny students in one class or an entire school system the right to read particular texts. Mike Rose argued that many schools, in spite of good intentions, actually deny students the opportunity to develop intellectually: "Our approaches to language and literacy as often as not keep us from deep understanding of differences and problems—and possibilities" (128). Even the threat of censorship works to exacerbate the fears of teachers and to undermine their attempts to introduce a broad range of texts that will help diverse groups of students enter a discourse that "defines them as members of an intellectual community" (Rose 192)." This is just one example of what censorship does to our thinking and education system another instance is from the New York Times where a teacher states that students ''...need to