John Snow

Howl’s Moving Castle is a love story about a young girl, Sophie, who finds herself getting cursed by a witch, and a wizard, Howl. There are many clichés about Japanese films that people associate with them, but the artistic yet effective messages and pictures throughout the film make it a must see for any movie lover. Although this movie falls into the animated film category, it is a bit different. It was created through a series of drawn pictures that were put together to make the movie.…

articles, they discuss the aspect of innocence the victims of the tricksters have. In Tatar she mentions Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of the series The Hunger Games, to have “compassionate intensity and sexual innocence” (465). In Gilbert and Gubar Snow White‘s “absolute chastity, her frozen innocence, her sweet nullity” are what compose her innocence (390). However, despite both articles discussing how the characters portray innocence Tatar and Gilbert and Gubar idea of innocence are…

women. Snow White is a story essentially centered around women and regularly depicts them in uncomplimentary ways. Anne Sexton 's contemporary adaptation "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" depicts the shortcoming and diverse parts of the slightness of women. Anne Sexton 's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Brothers Grimm "Snow White" both depict beauty as a vital component of their story. All through the Brothers Grimm "Snow White", beauty is depicted as the most valuable commodity. Snow…

“A woman who will be like a rock in a riverbed, enduring without complaint, her grace not sullied but shaped by the turbulence that washes over her”(Hosseini 355). A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, is a story centered around Mariam and Laila, two Afghani women. Mariam’s Nana told her “each snowflake was a sigh heaved by an aggrieved woman somewhere in the world. As a reminder of how women like us suffer. How quietly we endure all that falls upon us” (Hosseini 82). Each has…

No matter what version of Sleeping Beauty people is familiar with, whether it’s the Brothers Grimm or the well known Disney version, everyone is very familiar with the basic story of how a young princess is cursed to prick her finger and die when she turns sixteen, but is saved by a fairy who turns her death into a deep sleep that lasts 100 years, until the day a prince comes to her rescue. But in the case of “ The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood,” by Charles Perrault, once the prince has woken the…

Whilst The Hobbit offers a Western interpretation of good and evil, Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earthsea propose an alternative perspective of what good and evil entail. These two worlds differ in many different ways. For example, the landscape of the Hobbit tends to resemble that of Europe and all the characters tend to be described with European colouring. Whereas Earthsea is a mixture of islands that house “isolated communities”, the cultures and people of each islands ranging from “pale haired…

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey took place in Alaska during the 1920s. Initially, life in Alaska was strenuous for Jack and Mabel because of the harsh weather conditions and the cold lifeless days. Loneliness crashed down on them once the realization of how isolated living in the homestead is. Only through help of one another could Jack and Mabel survive in Alaska. Whether it is Jack Mabel depending on each other or friends they had made, most actions require the help of other characters in order…

Fairy tales are considered works of fiction because of the fantastically unrealistic locations, characters, and events. However, I know of a place that is equally utopian, yet deemed to be a part of our shared reality. I’ve even been there. I’ve seen nature at its purest, met people at their kindest, and experienced a kind of personal growth that has changed the course of my life forever. This Shangri-la is not found in a James Hilton novel, but rather in Wake Forest, North Carolina. While its…

What are the differences between the two childhood stories, Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks? The story, Red Riding Hood, is a tale about a girl delivering cakes to her grandmother. However,there is a wolf on the prowl that wants to eat her. The story of Goldilocks is about a little girl breaking into a house owned by three bears. While she is in the bears’ house, she eats their food and takes a nap. Overall, there are several similarities and differences in the two short stories The stories have…

The happily ever after story of Cinderella and her prince has taken a rather sardonic turn in this last passage. Sexton clearly conveys a disapproval of happily ever after endings in previous stanzas, but in the second line of this stanza, it becomes even more evident. With words such as “Cinderella and the prince lived, they say, happily ever after”, the reader gains an understanding of Sexton’s skepticism. Sexton then relates Cinderella and her prince to dolls in a display case. By doing this,…