Orenstein began with an anecdote expressing her frustration with the princess theme, then talked about different product lines with the princess theme. From there she jumped from criticizing mothers that fell for the princess trend to how Disney’s princess product line started and finally finishes with references to studies about change in different aspects of a girl’s life. Along with their differences in approach, there also was a major difference in effectiveness. Poniewozik’s article was much more structured going from movie to movie explaining its impact on a girl’s life and stuck to one point which came across very effective. Orenstein, on the other hand, jumped from topic to topic without much of a connection and supported her claims with very little evidence, so it failed to be effective in getting her point
The Princess Paradox Critique Alexandra Heinrich May 2012 English 120 In the article “The Princess Paradox” By James Poniewozik the author explains how “modern day” Cinderella stories have came a long way from what they once were. Although, no matter how hard we try, the Cinderella story will always end the same and our young girls will always want to be a princess, no matter how the princess is portrayed in the fairy tail. In this article, Poniewozik explains the changes that have occurred in the princess stories throughout the years, and the way that they have changed from one story to the next. He shows how the fairy tales and ideal women in movies went from being just a few years ago the “girls-kick-ass culture” to now the much more elegant fairy tales. A few years ago there were movies such as his examples “Charlie's Angels, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the Powder Puff girls” Where women were very fierce and self defendant.
In the second movie, the Chamber of Secrets, she get stupefied by the basilisk before she could share with the others what was speaking to Harry through the walls and how he was traveling throughout the school. Even though she wasn’t on the journey with them, she was still the brains behind the successfulness of finding the entrance to the chamber. Hermione as the helper-maiden reminds me much of Medea. Like Medea, Hermione “ends up in decidedly less pleasant
This means that since everyone was hitting and picking on her she didn’t give up. She actually uses the bullies’ offense as her defense. Its quite unique because this is something you don’t see everyday but her grandmother told her to thank the people who called her names.Its a brilliant idea by her grandmother, yes indeed these words were hurtful, but Melba was clever enough not to show it. Doing this will confuse the bullies to thinking that she doesn’t care what they said or thought of her. I chose this book because i actually read this book long ago when I was younger and I decided to expand on my little prior knowledge of this book “Warriors Don’t Cry”.
The book follows the story of a young girl named Tita who longs her entire life to marry her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her mother's upholding of the family tradition of the youngest daughter not marrying but taking care of her mother until the day she dies. Tita is only able to express herself when she cooks. I enjoyed this book because it taught me a lot about how one’s traditions can affect your life. This book goes against some beliefs that many people have because “Like Water for Chocolate” is a fiction book, it is believed fiction books cannot teach anything useful. But the lessons I learned are applicable to life and have also provided
Significance of Dorothy’s Journey in the Wizard of Oz Often times, people want more from their basic life. They may be unsatisfied with personal issues or simply unhappy and want to escape. But when we go searching for what we believe is “missing” in our lives, we later discover that we’ve lost sight of what is actually significant. This theme of gaining meaning in our lives can be portrayed in the movie The Wizard of Oz by Victor Felming, through the quest of the protagonist, Dorothy. Dorothy’s adventure aided her development of sanity and morality by helping her appreciate her family, giving her knowledge of her place in the world, and gave her the maturity and the courage her to believe in herself.
When children are growing up, little girls dream of being just like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, or other princesses from their favorite Disney movie. On the other hand, boys fantasize of being Buzz Lightyear or even the mythological Hercules because of his many heroic traits. Little do they know, there is an entirely different story to Hercules outside of Disney. For instance, Edith Hamilton’s 1964 novel Mythology shows a different side to the story displayed in the Disney film. Due to the time gap, it is plain to see that many aspects in the myth of Hercules may be changed, while some tales remain the same.
The only thing accepted in orthodox societies are traditional beliefs. Even if a great idea is introduced to that society, it won't be acknowledged or accepted just because it is new and different. Abigail was a very creative character herself. She went through several transformations in the story . She pretty much lead the other girls in their “fits” related to bewitching, pretends to see things like the bird (which was not actually there), “Why-?...Why do you come yellow bird?” (Miller 106) It's not that she is lying to avoid punishment and to assert power over her community; her stories and her claims are pretty inventive.
In James Poniewozik’s 2004 Time article The Princess Paradox, he elucidates how the Hollywood movie industry had found a way to manipulate an big chunk of the American nation through the idea of feminism. Hollywood has changed the original concepts of the original fairytales by retelling their stories in a more modernized and female-friendly way. This change is aimed especially at the parents of young girls who are consistent in pushing the idea of independence into their child’s minds. The Princess Diaries is a spin-off of the classic fairytale Cinderella; however in this modernized version, the female lead Diana has no desire at first to be a princess. She is given the chance to experience the life of a princess and then is given the choice to choose whether or not she wants to take over the throne.
Now, I’ve taken the time to research the actual definition of Moral Discipline. What I have gathered from a few websites is that it’s the determination to refrain from pretty much any negative type resulting action such as idle gossip, hurtful speech, lying, and in general just being fuckin’ retarded. Avoiding anything that will result on bad terms for yourself or more than just yourself. Now my mother always taught me my rights from wrongs. I know for a fact that I don’t follow all her morals that she raised me by but I’ve grown enough to develop my own morals.