Leatherstocking Tales

My name is Shiro, I got this weird name from my parents who are just infatuated with Japanese culture. They say they named me after the snow that fell the day I was born. I also have a white cat who so happens to have the name of Shiro. What are the odds? Considering the cat is older than me by a year, I often wonder with their terrible naming sense if they named me after a cat. Of course they franticly insist that I was named after the pure white snow on that day and by no means after a cat. I…

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire, explores the life of the infamous “Wicked Witch of the West,” formerly known as Elphaba. Elphaba is born green. On top of that, she is almost completely/entirely unloved by her parents. Elphaba must navigate through life in Oz, facing the challenges of her appearance, an unjust government, racial injustices, life in society, and a world that seems like it’s out to get her. Slowly and steadily, Elphaba begins to tumble down farther and farther away from her reasonable…

According to Disney, and many people in society, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Pocahontas along with many others are all considered princesses. The glamour and beauty these princesses depict in their movies can be defined as princess culture. As young girls grow up it is not uncommon for them to admire this princess culture. However, in today's society the stereotyping of young girls is recurring and sometimes considered discriminatory. Some feminists may argue that young girls…

Belle first song- The first scene in the movie and musical is in a small French Village far in the past. The little town has lovey one minded people singing the first song “Belle.” This is the first time the audience meets Belle as she is going to get another book from the bookshop. The audience sees the Disney basic princesses as “she is fair skinned with straight long hair and wide eyes. She is skinny, with a tiny waist and delicate hands. Her voice is charming and she sings beautifully,” (An…

The story of The Three Spinners is a well-known Grimm fairytale. Number 14 of 211 stories and legends, and only three pages long, it is often overlooked. If you have not heard this story, it goes like this: a lazy girl was beaten by her mother for not spinning flax. The Queen took notice. Her mother lied to the Queen saying the girl wouldn’t stop spinning. The Queen took the girl to her castle where she gave the girl three rooms full of flax to spin. Then told her when she spins it all she will…

Literary Analysis Essay The Handmaid’s Tale It is scary to think of a government that exists only to serve a specific group of citizens. However, this story contains such a government. In The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood, she demonstrates that some ideologies lead to the suffering and oppression of others as shown by the beliefs and practices of the Republic of Gilead. The main protagonist, Offred is forced into procreating due to falling birth rates in the…

“Words can lie.” It is unknown who said this quote. Mare Barrow the main character arrives at the Silver Palace, the Silvers Palace is for the people whose blood is Silver. Mare meets Cal the first silver prince and Maven the second silver prince, Mare has to marry Maven because she is the Red princesses because Mare has red blood. Maven tells Mare lies and when she finds out it is far too late, Mare and Cal then have to fight for their lives. In the novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a theme…

Bath The Wife of Bath, one of the most distinguished works of Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales, has evoked discussions among the feminist critiques for centuries now. Some believe that the Wife of Bath was an anti-conformist who challenged the tradition and restored the old anti-feminist mind-set of the medieval times. Others question her contribution and modernization brought to women’s status. Undoubtedly, this tale has also impeached Chaucer’s positioning towards women in the society. Was…

Imagine Earth as a place where everyone in it has magical powers. Would life in it be the same as we are living now? Even the animals and the trees have power too and can talk. While you are thinking about it or imagining Earth like that, I want to tell you that there is a place like the one you are imagining right now. It’s Narnia. The unbelievable land where it’s always dark and cold. It’s a place where four siblings went during World War II as C.S. Lewis mentioned in his book. He wrote the…

Have you ever listened to the song “Let it Go” by Idina Menzel, also known as the song featured on the popular Disney Movie, Frozen? Some people would say this song relates to the illustration being analyzed, because of the fact that the picture as well as the song displays a theme of letting things go and not getting held back by what has occurred in the past. Often events that happen in your past can hold you back from opportunities that have yet to come, but in this picture, they are…