Blog 1 - By: JL 10 year-old French Vogue For several years women all over the world have become more then obsessed with their appearance than they would like to admit. The mass media has caused normal concerns about how we look to become obsessions. Thanks to the media‚ we have become accustomed to unattainable standards of beauty. Television‚ billboards‚ magazines make us believe that this beauty is attainable and will benefit us in today’s society. Sadly the fixation to become beautiful is not
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spend her time at the library‚ but it was more like her private sanctuary. Marinette preferred to go in the early mornings because it wasn’t as crowded. Sometimes Marinette would imagine the library was hers‚ and that it was part of of an enchanted castle. Yes‚ Marinette knew she had a prodigious imagination‚ and that her fantasies were quite childish at times. However‚ she didn’t care because it made her happy to live in blissful ignorance. Marinette smiled in content when they walked out of the
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The book Twice Upon A Time-Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair‚ by Wendy Mass‚ is about a girl named Rapunzel getting taken away from her home and the story of her life in a tower and the story of how she was saved. In the beginning of the book‚ it is Rapunzel’s birthday and she is very excited. But all of a sudden a witch comes to take her away from her house and her parents. Her parents try to stop the witch from taking Rapunzel. Rapunzel gets to either stay with her parents‚ but then the witch
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The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces Analysis Although this story has been made into several other movies and books‚ including a Barbie Movie (The 12 Dancing Princesses)‚ the original Grimm version will be the subject of this analysis. The original story was published in 1857 in the Kinder und Hausmarchen book. The tale both enforces and disputes several stereotypes ad contains one violent part. The stereotypes and violence help enhance the story by increasing and bringing to life the imaginative
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Amelia Farmer 9th Grade Honors Literature 27 July 2014 Ella Enchanted: A Hero’s Journey The famous author Peter S. Beagle once said‚ “Great heroes need great sorrows or burdens‚ or half their greatness goes unnoticed.” Everyone has burdens‚ but it takes a true hero to overcome a huge burden. In the movie Ella Enchanted‚ directed by Jane Starz‚ Ella has been blessed‚ or really cursed‚ with the gift of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda. She does anything and everything people tell her to do and
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originally written by French writer Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve that has been remarkably adapted for modern screen media. The modern uses of the story illustrated the fantasy journey of Belle that was taken prisoner by a beast in his hidden castle. This story was not unveiled to its potential target audiences until it was selected as the 30th Disney animated feature film. The classic tale animated by Disney followed a suspenseful and humorous state of storyline and was successful in gaining
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“‘Rapunzel‚ Rapunzel‚ let down your hair’” (Grimm 44). Famous words that many people know from their childhood. The tale of Rapunzel. A story that many adults and children are fond of. A picture of a beautiful princess with long golden hair looking out of a tower towards her handsome prince appearing in thousands of minds. Though most of the American population knows the general plot of the myth‚ most fail to realize that the story has changed greatly from the original Grimm fairy tale version. The
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Chinese Cinderella ALL the characters are to an extent SELFISH. Discuss. The book Chinese Cinderella displays acts of both selfish and selfless people‚ using multiple examples to help your understanding of each character that is spoken about. The book is based in the early 1900’s and talks about Adeline’s struggle as she grows up with her family. When Adeline was born her mother past away‚ leaving her family blaming her and calling her “un lucky” There are less selfish people in her life then
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Gender Expectations in Cinderella Our culture is full of fairy tales. These fairy tales started out as entertaining stories‚ but as they were handed down from one generation to the next‚ they slowly became more than that. They became bedtime stories for children‚ and as such‚ they have great importance because they teach children how to be in the world. One such fairy tale is Cinderella‚ and a look at a storybook for children‚ Disney’s Cinderella‚ adapted by Lisa Ann Marsoli‚ demonstrates
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politically correct version of Cinderella‚ it removes the simple educational values that the original portrays. For being a politically correct story it portrays humans is nothing but animals unable to control their actions. We will address couple of stereotypes that this story reinforces. The first stereotype is that man is nothing but an animal and cannot control their desires. In this version of Cinderella women are only considered sexual objects for man’s amusement. When Cinderella walks into the ball
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