After Matt Null’s presentation, I was entertained by the creative writings of the famous novelist and short story writer Edward P. Jones. His presentation began with one of his associates introducing him as one of the greatest writers in contemporary America writing on the struggles African Americans faced in the nation’s history. In his presentation, Jones read to us two of his newest short stories The Devil Swims Across the Anacostia River and In The Blink of God’s Eye. Jones used outstanding imagery, but what I took note of most was the particular way he used dialog to describe his characters subliminally. He would use intense descriptive details to describe a scene’s environment and perhaps the outfits of his characters, but Jones took
had studied the other team’s playbook first hand and now knew all the secrets. He used this to his advantage when writing his books to create logically sound arguments. One of the most obvious arguments for Christianity that Lewis presents in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a logical argument for the reality of Jesus Christ. This argument is an explanation by The Professor in the story of whether or not Lucy was “mad” after hearing concerns from Susan and Peter about Lucy’s story about a magical land beyond the wardrobe: “‘Logic!’ said the Professor half to himself.
The lights on the christmas tree shone different colors across the faces of the children as they roasted marshmallows in the fireplace. Half empty hot chocolates sat beside them. How the Grinch Stole Christmas played over the television set, not quite drowned out by the children's laughter and discussions of what presents they would be getting the next morning. The man, in this moment, couldn’t help but notice just how beautiful his wife was. The way her nose crinkled up, when she laughed with the children, the way she snuggled closer to him while watching the movie.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, also known as “The Grinch”, is a 2000 family-based, Christmas-themed, comedy film delivered by Universal and Imagine Entertainment and based on the 1957 children’s picture book written by Dr. Seuss of the same name. Directed by Ron Howard (who also directed “Splash”, “Rush”, and “The Dilemma”), “The Grinch” was the first full-length feature film adapted from the series of outstanding and beloved Dr. Seuss tales. Since the film was the first to be based off one of Seuss’s famous children's books, many additions had to be made to the storyline to make the film fit the era’s “standards” by bringing it up to feature-length, leaving the young and older audience intrigued, and most importantly keeping the legacy of Dr. Seuss's works intact. In addition, this included adding some vivid information about the
Paranoia can make a deep impact on tightly knit communities. During 1692, in the small colony of Salem, a witch panic spread rapidly. While many readers prefer not to read non-fiction, The Witches, Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff will grab their attention with her critically acclaimed retelling that is not only educational and informative, but also enriches and points out the deep background and cultural impact of the Salem witch trials In colonial America, women are not to be considered powerful or influential. So when “women play the villains in fairy tales - what are you saying when you place the very emblem of domestic duty between your legs and ride off, defying the bounds of community and laws of gravity” (Schiff 8).
Fairytales often show characters losing their way before they can be triumphant. This motif is not lost within these stories, The Mosue and his Child, Charlotte’s web, A Christmas Carol, as our main characters must face several trials to succeed. Within each story, these characters have a certain test that influences their overall success more than others. Within The Mouse and his Child, I think their greatest trial was at the Caws of Art performance.
The Wicked Witches of Oz correspond to the major corporations during the election of 1896. The Wicked Witch of the East is the ruler of the eastern land of Oz. She is the equivalent to the real worlds banks. Because of her wickedness a house was dropped on her leaving “her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood.” (Baum).
Comparison Essay Friendship is a relationship the everyone has whether its with the same sex or opposite sex. The importance of friendship means you have to trust one another, have somewhat of the same interests, and you can get along. Friends stick together no matter what and have a bond with each other that no one else has. The novel, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and the novel “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne share the similar message of the importance of friendship, but each story has their own versions of friendship and their own themes and characterization. One message both authors explain in their stories is that friendships can happen under unusual circumstances.
Lewis wrote this novel to fascinate children. So, the animals of Narnia have
It's hard to claim innocence when “Wicked” is a part of your name. The Wicked Witch of the West is looked at as an evil character only because she is looked at from the worst angles possible. Even though she does have several questionable actions like: Kidnapping Dorothy, threatening to take her dog and drown him, and also trying to light The Scarecrow on fire. All this for what? To get a pair of ruby slippers off the feet of this teenage girl.
Fairy tales have been told for centuries and have been used to portray the conflict of sexual politics over time. Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty and the Beast are both examples of fairy tales with this focus. Making use of this conflict in The Handmaid 's Tale, Margaret Atwood has used certain elements of fairy tale genre to have the opposite effect of the stereotypical ‘happy ever after’ as the novel plays in a dystopian world. More specifically, the author has borrowed elements of fairy tales to develop the theme of shifting power in The Handmaid’s Tale.
In her critical essay, “The Child and the Shadow,” Ursula K. LeGuin employs archetypal language and Jungian psychology to demonstrate how children are taught deeper meanings of life through the genre of fantasy. This discussion of hers continues in another of her essays, “Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons,” which describes how the best qualities of humans exist in children, but are often repressed and denied into adulthood. LeGuin argues that if the imagination is encouraged during a person’s childhood, then the person will act wisely as an adult, but if the imagination is ignored, their mind will be restricted through adulthood. Throughout “The Child and the Shadow,” she uses the psychologist Carl Jung’s ideas that a person’s unconscious mind is a source of creativity and imagination instead of only a place for desires to be restrained.
Fairytale Comparative Analysis: Little Red Riding Hood The classic story of Little Red Riding Hood that everyone knows is not the only storyline. In “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault, he tells the classic fairytale of the little girl going to her grandma’s house and gets stopped by a wolf. In “The Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter is a twisted, dark fairytale about a pack of wolves who capture a little girl in the woods. According to Kimberley J. Lau, Carter actually translated Perrault’s fairytales, which today are the base line for most Disney movies.
The Little Prince demonstrate how children are able to use their imagination to its full potential, while adults do
First of all, the first tale told by the monster taught me to reserve my judgement until the facts are out. Having assumptions are acceptable, but it is different when it comes to judgements. The first tale is a classic fairytale which is mainly about the battle of the prince and the stepmother in winning the throne. It illustrates the queen as a murderer who killed the king and the prince’s beloved in order to become and stay as the ruler. However, there is another version of that story and this version of the story is what caught my eye and kept me interested in watching.
