Fort Hood

The film “Hoodwinked” and the tale “Little Red Ridding Hood” present cautionary tale about the dangers of making quick assumptions. Both, the film and the tale, have characters that are making judgment without proof. However, they also have many differences. First, they serve a different audience and purpose. “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault published in 1697 is a cautionary tale about the dangers of the unknown. The main character is a young country girl who is presented with…

In Primary school, when my class read Cinderella together, for the subsequent lunchtimes my friends and I would act out the story and tell others how we imaged our own romantic adventures to play out. Each adding in specifics to make ours unique, we liked to thing we were special in our so diverse stories, but really, our fantasies were all the same. All had the captivating Byronic hero, the obstacle, the proposal, the ball, and of course the happily ever after. These are the conventions of…

I remember being in school and reading fairy tales, not thinking anything about them. I also, remember watching the more kid-friendly versions of fairy tales in Disney movies and again not thinking anything of it. Repeating these actions as an adult though has changed my perspective drastically. Why are children reading and/or watching these tales? Fairy tales are often seen as instruction manuals for children, especially when referring to the old school fairy tales, for an example any Grimm…

The lesson Little Red Riding Hood learned was to never trust a wolf because they are sly and clever. She let herself get tricked once and that resulted in getting herself and her grandma eaten by the cunning wolf. When the second time the wolf tried to trick her, she knew the tricks because of her previous experience and therefore did not let herself go astray. The first time Little Red Riding Hood was going to visit her grandmother she lets herself get tricked by the sly wolf. The wolf turns…

“The Celery Stalks at Midnight” This adventure tells about three animals and Bunnicula, the infamous vampire bunny. Included is the family the animals live with whom they are trying to protect. With the vanishing of Bunnicula, the search begins, they want to find him before he runs out of vegetables and turns his fangs on the family. The adventure leads them to the dump and a truck ride where they find white veggies indicating Bunnicula has attacked and stab them with toothpicks, however when…

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, or Wolf Children in english, is a Japanese animation film created by Studio Chizu and Madhouse. Mamoru Hosoda directed this film, coming from a major success and widely beloved movie that was The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Wolf Children presents the viewer a heart warming tale of a single mother and her journey to raise her children. Meant for a family and general audience, Wolf Children definitely delivers a film for the average movie watcher: an accessible…

The red dress in the short story “A Red Dress-1946” by Alice Munro, symbolizes the narrator’s liminal space amidst adulthood and childhood. Her longing to transition forth adulthood is conveyed by the description of the tight red dress’s ability to accentuate her breasts, thus maturing her image. Munro writes, “The red velvet dress…[was] very tight in the midriff. I saw how my breasts, in their new brassiere, jutted out surprisingly, with mature authority.” The narrator’s new dress represents a…

The Winter Soldier’s horse shies away from the wind, sharp with a chill and damp that Bucky can no longer feel. The clouds gather hard upon the peaks of Sokovia, reeking of rain and worse to the vampire’s supernatural nose. A few stubborn leaves dangle from bare branches like decayed flesh clings to bone. Bucky sighs. “You coddle him,” his companion says. Bucky turns in his saddle. “That’s not what I was thinking.” Natasha snorts, a strange sound from a fellow blood drinker but that’s…

Today I will be teaching you about “Never Cry Wolf” by Farley Mowat. I chose this short story because I liked the setting as well as the wolves. SLIDE – POINT OF VIEW: The narrative is a first-person account from the perspective of a person. SLIDE – CHARACTERS: Indirect characterization is used in this story but the majority of information is held back from the reader. The reader can assume the first-person perspective is coming from a human because on page 2, the person narrates about their…

The truth of who you really are became a fallacy to the ears of many young minds, including mine. Implanted since I was a young child, you were always portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” who treated the three little pigs as delicious prey rather than a friendly neighbor who wanted to be more than an acquaintance. I question the reasons why you would let the media tarnish your name in such an evil manner. From Walt Disney creating a cartoon short called “Disney’s Silly Symphony: The Three Little…