The title of the book that I have read for the book report is Cinderella Cleaners: Change of a Dress. The author of the book is Maya Gold. There are two settings for this story which is in New York and Cinderella Cleaners but most of the action took placed in Cinderella Cleaners. The author chose this settings because it is where Diana found out the ticket and where she went. Diana Donato is the main character of the story. She studies at the Weehawken Middle School and great at acting but…
Amélie (2001) is a French romantic comic fantasy film directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This whimsical film narrates the story of a young introvert woman named “Amélie Poulain”, who decides to intervene and improve the lives of the people around her, while battling with her own seclusion. The story revolves around the protagonist, Amélie who was the only child of two quirky parents. Amélie’s father, Raphael was depicted as a reticent ex-army doctor who misdiagnosed Amélie with…
The Analysis of “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” Provoked by their step mother at the time of a big famine, their father leaves Hansel and Gretel in the woods. They come across a candy house by chance. Its owner hosts and feeds them. Later, she imprisons them and they learn that she is a child-eating witch. They manage to kill her and to escape from there. So is the story of Hansel and Gretel in brief. In its film adaptation , “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)”, the things are a bit…
The dress worn for the ball has symbolic significance. Alka wears the costume of Rani Janshi though not brave like her. Dolly wears the mujra dress of a prostitute expresses her keen desire to love and to be loved outside marriage.The dance costume decided for the crippled Daksha is also symbolically significant. In the words of Krati, The old beggar woman who appears in the play under the tarpaulin time and again has a symbolic meaning. First time she appears, at the reference of the name of…
Little children loves to listen to fantasy stories about love between prince and princesses such as “Cinderella”, “Snow White”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and as you get old you might know more stories like “Romeo and Juliet”. When you are small you dream for experiencing love like in those stories, and even if you do realize that it is impossible to magically meet a princess or price, many still desire the romantic encounter with someone. Though, is that love? Or is it that act of loving just…
The Brothers Grimm version of the fairy tale “Cinderella” is a perfect example of a person’s journey from dark to light, or, as Tatar says it, “a way out of the woods back to the safety and security of home.” (Behrens and Rosen 254) While there are many versions of the story across different cultures, this variant describes the journey not only for Cinderella, but for the desired path of the stepsisters as well. The idea of Cinderella being a story of a journey comes from Tatar’s idea, which is…
are unlocked. HTTOYM also features full Japanese voice acting for all the characters, which adds to the polished feel of the game. Interspersed among the music and voice acting are also some nice sound effects to bring the story to life. Our only complaint is that there is one particular sound effect, played whenever characters experience something startling, which occurs a little too often. It is not unusually to hear it a couple of times during one scene, which can get a little grating.…
What makes a Disney Princess a Disney Princess? Who decides which princesses are the “Classic” princesses and therefore being forever crowned in THE Disney Princesses club? But I believe that there is an unjust system in picking these childhood role models, and these prejudice choices cause some princesses to be crumbled up, thrown away and never to be given a second thought on why you don’t see them on your lunchboxes, backpacks, shirts, glasses, video games, bedspreads and so much more! I WANT…
The Jade Peony Grandmama is the protagonist of this story, “The Jade Peony”, and she stands out as a dynamic character through her actions and words, which make her a unique individual. We learn about her life before she dies, and about all her different beliefs. To start off, Grandmama is and 83 year old Chinese-Canadian who is an immigrant to this country along with her family. She is very old and physically aging, and her body trembles constantly revealing that she is about to die. Grandmama…
The author adapts the famous story into a poem by saying “I miss my stepmother… the queen calling me to look at another painting of her son,this time holding the transparent slipper I wish i’d never seen.” In the movie all Cinderella wanted in the world was…