Comparison And Contrast of “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz” and “Into The Woods” The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in May of 1900. In this book there is a little girl who lives in Kanas and one day ends up getting caught up in a cyclone that deposits her in a field in Munchkin Country, which is in the eastern part of the Land of Oz. The house that falls in Munchkin country ends up killing the evil ruler of the munchkins who is the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy then gets greeted by the Good Witch of The west, who gives Dorothy the slippers and then goes on to tell her that she will have to travel to the Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her if she wants to get back to Kansas, Which is her main wish throughout the journey
The paper bag princess chose the opposite way with most of classic fairy tale such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. The book breaks the stereotypical idea of princess fairy tales. At the start of 'The Paper Bag Princess', Elizabeth appears to be a common fairy tale princess. She lives in a castle, wears expensive and beautiful princess dresses and is going to marry a charming prince named Ronald. However, everything changes when a dragon arrives and smashes Elizabeth's castle, burns everything the princess owns, including her clothes, and takes Prince Ronald.
“I was the princess in the castle in the sleeping woods… we all fell asleep, but the prince kissed me awake. Only me”, this is where Gemma finally claims she is Briar Rose. Yolen uses the fairy tale genre to tell the story of Gemma, and links certain aspects of the sleeping beauty story to Gemma’s story. The whole of Gemma’s version of the fairy tale is ironic. A fairy tale is supposed to be happy but Gemma uses it as an allegory for the holocaust.
Upon ‘birth’ Tinker Bell soon finds out that she will become part of the Tinker fairy family. They are the fairies that invent and fix things. Immediately she meets Clank and Bobble, two Tinker fairies who teach Tinker Bell their craft. All of Pixie Hollow was working on the upcoming spring season. Painting ladybugs, teaching birds to fly, and preparing their rainbow tubes among many other things.
The tree grants Ashputtle’s every wish; from her clothes to helping out with chores. It is evident that the mother is in the hazel tree and is behind all the magic (Panttaja 659). The traditional story, as well in this version, describes the stepmother as evil. She makes Cinderella cook, clean, and get up before dawn to accomplish jobs that need to be done. In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked.
Close Study of Text – Briar Rose * Briar Rose By Jane Yolen * Sleeping Beauty * Fairytale story Allegory * Good vs. Evil * King and Queen had a child called Aurora * Invited fairy’s to birth * Bad fairy gives baby a curse * Prick finger on spinning wheel * 16th Birthday she falls into a deep sleep for 100 years * A prince tries to save her * Thorns grow all around the tower * Prince kisses her and she wakes up QUOTES: * “And even though to tell a story is to tell some kind of untruth, one often suspects that what seems to be untruth is really a hidden truth” – Ralph Harper * Importance of Storytelling “Stories...We are made up of stores. And even the ones that seem the
Erika.O Mr. Callaci English, Period 4 5th December, 2011 Book Title: The Secret Life of Bees Number of Pages: 336 Author: Sue Monk Kidd Main Characters: Lily Owens, T. Ray, Deborah, Rosaleen, August, May, & June Boatwright, and Zach, Setting: Tiburon, South Carolina, 1964. Summary The “Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd is the story of a troubled 14 year old white girl Lily Owens, who lives on a peach farm with her cruel, uncaring father T. Ray. After her mother dies, Lily runs away from home and ends up living with a family of black sisters, August, June and May, who care for her, and help her a great deal. The characters in the story include Lily Owens the main character, T Ray her mean and uncaring
Around this time the ruler of Munchkinland, Nessarose, who is also a Witch, is killed by Dorothy's house when it falls out of the sky during a tornado. Elphaba attends the funeral and has a brief reuniting with Glinda who is now a Witch. The two quarrel about politics and Nessa's shoes, which Glinda has given to Dorothy. Elphaba and Glinda part ways on bad terms. During a meeting with the Wizard, Elphaba discovers he is from another world.
In a good novel, character development is important. Character development lets the reader connect with the characters in the novel and experience what they experience. In Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston, Kelley, a theatre performer, finds out she is a fairy princess. She meets a Janus Guard (a guardian of a gate, he keeps fairies from coming into the real world) named Sonny Flannery who helps her uncover her origin. A lot of unlucky events happen and suddenly she has to save the world.
Cinderella makes arrangements with her stepmother that is she finishes all her chores around the house, she can attend the ball. With no reason, her evil stepmother refuses to allow her to attend the ball with them. Luckily, her fairy godmother appears with everything she needs to attend the ball. Her godmother sings, “Bippity Boppity Boo!” Cinderella is ready for the ball. Cinderella walks down the stairs at this extravagant party looking as beautiful as ever in her tiara and baby blue gown.