Often written for children‚ traditional fairytales are fictitious works with magical qualities. However‚ “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter and The Princess Bride by William Goldman‚ are no traditional fairytales. Although both poses the fictitious qualities and traits of traditional fairytales‚ neither work can be considered as being written for children. The use of violence in sex‚ pornographic imagery‚ and the objectification of women show that the stories are intended for mature readers.
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In his story Little Red Riding Hood‚ Charles Perrault introduces the concept of being wary of strangers to his young audience. The story begins with a little girl getting instructions from her mother to take some bread and butter to her ailing grandmother. Shortly after her journey to her grandmother’s cottage‚ the little girl comes in contact with a wolf. She engages in conversation with the wolf‚ informing him of her destination and the whereabouts of her grandmother. The wolf‚ being a cunning
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The story I read for my book report is an E.B White classic‚ Stuart Little. The setting takes place in the nineteen nineties in the city of New York. The purpose of this story is to entertain the reader. The reason why it is to entertain is because in real life mice can’t talk‚ drive boats‚ and drive cars. The main characters are Stuart‚ Marlago‚ and the Little family. Stuart is a city mouse. Marlago is a bird. The Little’s are a human family with a mom‚ dad‚ and one son. The genre of this book
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In The Princess Bride‚ the narrative hook comes within the first few pages of the novel when we find out that Westley‚ Buttercup’s lover‚ will be going on a voyage to find his fortune. Buttercup tells him that she fears she will never see him again‚ enticing the reader. Soon after‚ Buttercup finds out that the Dread Pirate Roberts‚ who leaves no prisoners‚ took over Westley’s ship. She is devastated by this‚ and even more so by the fact that she must now marry Prince Humperdinck‚ whom she does not
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I chose the TV series Pretty Little Liars to do my final exam project on. There are many sociology concepts in this TV series Pretty Little Liars. One of the sociology concepts are intersex. Intersex is when a female or a male are born with lack of their hormones. Pretty Little Liars distributes this concept many times in this series. Emily is Lesbian. In the scene I chose for the video was Emily and Sabrina kiss. They are dating. Emily and Sabrina represent intersex because they are both females
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In the novel‚ “Little Scarlet”‚ the author Walter Mosley is discussing the ordeal the riots have created in Watts. In 1965‚ riots had become the only way for people to express their feelings towards racial inequality. The 1965 riots also highlighted issues within the police department. The novel exposed crimes that were going on as a result of the riots. Throughout the novel‚ Walter Mosley introduces various characters to paint a picture of society in 1965. Mosley uses a murder as a twisted plot
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The novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie shows the lives of two boys during the time of reeducation in China and their relationships with literature and the Little Seamstress. While in reeducation‚ the narrator and his best friend Luo meet the beautiful daughter of a tailor‚ the Little Seamstress‚ who lives in a nearby village. They also meet a man named Four-Eyes who has a suitcase full of non-government sanctioned books (western books) and develop a deep connection with
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Spenser Thomas Per 3 12 December 04 Little Women‚ Louisa May Alcott‚ Pocket Books -Simon and Schuster Inc.‚ 578 pages‚ 1868 Book Theme: In the arduous journey from childhood to adulthood‚ a young woman is faced with two things that need great attention and balance - the progress of her individual social standing‚ and the welfare of her immediate family. Main Conflict: The book does not really follow the traditional single plot line characteristic of many stories (especially during the
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I chose the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams. This book was first published in 1932. I chose this book at random from my grandmother’s house over Thanksgiving. I knew that she had all of the books and my sister had used my grandmother’s collection to read them all when she was younger. I just chose the first book that I saw and I really lucked out because it looked interesting. I felt that I could not go wrong with any of the books because
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much more valuable to the people than the nationalist regime. However‚ in the novel‚ this concept is as prominent as it can possibly be in the little seamstress. Although she is not necessarily the main character‚ her actions and transformation reflect the power of ideas more than any other character in the book‚ hence giving it the name Balzac and the Little Seamstress. Through her actions‚ she tells the reader that it was thought that provokes such drastic change. The government was not foolish
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