Princess Peach

When analyzing The Little Mermaid, Giroux holds Ariel under scrutiny with her relationship with the men in her life and how her perfect body might lead little girls to idealize unhealthy body standards for themselves. Giroux describes Ariel as “modeled after a slightly anorexic Barbie Doll,” due to her slim figure, large breasts, and wide eyes, all which seems like too much for a sixteen year old. The two main male relationships that Ariel has are between her father, King Triton, and her love…

The Wizard of Oz is a story of a girl named Dorothy and her pet dog named Toto. The two become lost when a cyclone carries them away, from their home in Kansas, to the beautiful, enchanted, magical land of Oz. Dorothy and Toto need help in getting back home. Along the way, and in so doing, they make enemies with the Wicked Witch of the West. And they make friends with the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. The friendship helps the five to survive many adventures, and to make each…

Short Story Essay Dragons, witches, princess and knights. These are the imaginary friends in so many children's lives. For young adults, those fairy tale characters give way to darker characters and more realistic situations. However, what do they all have in common? They live in short stories. Two short stories that are, interesting are "A Man Called Horse" by Dorothy M. Johnson and "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. The protagonist in "A Man Called Horse" leaves his wealthy family in…

a hard obstacle to overcome as it represents the end of one 's life on this earth. However, I argue that death does not necessarily have to be all demoralizing as it brings more than just sadness and loneliness. As can be seen in the works of The Princess Bride and “Lancelot the Knight of the Cart”, death itself represents the quest through multiple stages of a hero’s journey, bringing a new dimension of life that does not simply mean the end.…

“The human body is the best work of art” –Jess C. Scott Nearly every person in America has something about themselves that they don’t like. Whether it’s their smile, their legs, or the way they look in a swimsuit. A person has no trouble overlooking what’s beautiful about them and solely focusing on their flaws. Body image issues have been around for centuries. Women have tried altering their bodies in order to become ‘beautiful’, and most of the time those procedures are in no way healthy. Many…

Just at the sound of iconic characters’ names, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Cinderella, takes people of all sorts of ages to nostalgic memories of how they would drag their parents to the theaters and watch movies filled with imagination and magical adventures. Disney has not only made an influence into our childhood stage but it has positively impacted people as they grew older. Not only would the youth watch their favorite Disney movies, but a child’s ultimate dream was to visit the…

“Women are like teabags. You don’t know how strong they are until you put them in hot water” – Eleanor Roosevelt According to the Oxford dictionary, a women is defined as a wife, a female human being and even a sweetheart. Despite, the dictionary giving us the obvious definition, one thing it misses is the whole stereotype that has been placed on women throughout the years. The stereotype of not being unable to be independent, the stereotype of being a housewife, the stereotype of not being an…

Orenstein’s point is that she is expressively disappointed on how today’s society labels young girls wanted to be girly, princesses, ext. She gives many examples that have happened to her daughter. She states that multiple people had called her daughter princess, been given a pink balloon without her having any say in what color she wanted. Labeling her as the “Ideal” female child by today’s standards. Mrs. Orenstein then continues that it’s not only towards female girls but to boys as well. She…

This is true, however, children follow the famous saying “monkey see, monkey do.” This saying states that what children observe will often lead to them performing the exact action. Therefore, as these children continue to observe Disney princess films, they will obtain this example to follow. They will go through out their life with the mind set that these films have unintentionally provided. Once they find out themselves that the real world is nothing similar to the movies they have grown…

Disney’s magic carpet ride: Aladdin and women in Islam is about how the Disney version of Aladdin portrays the women and men in Islam. I agree on a lot of the points in this article and disagree with only a few. This article talks mainly about how Disney could have done a better job with portraying Islam culture. The author of this article Christiane Staninger uses a lot of other authors from different papers to back up certain arguments that are being made about this Disney movie, and this…