The Ugly Duckling

obstacles which they must overcome and in doing so, provides them with new insights and new knowledge regarding growth and development. Successful transitions are evident in Stephen Daldry’s film ‘Billy Elliot’, Hans Christian Andersen’s story ‘The Ugly Duckling’ and Anthony Browne’s picture book ‘The Piggybook’, where the themes of support and finding of one’s identity, societal values and growth and maturation are communicated with the aid of literary devices and techniques. The support from…

collection are “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Princess and the Pea”, and “The Little Mermaid”; most of them are based on his own life and experiences. In 1855, he wrote his autobiography titled, “The Fairy Tale of My Life”. Through the years, the translation of his work has influenced many authors worldwide. He died at age of 70, on August 4, 1875, in Copenhagen, Denmark (“Hans Christian Andersen Biography”, n.d.).…

Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that¨ (Soledad O'Brien). The journey and ways you apply yourself is a big part of why your journey is what it is and why it is as important or similar as the destination. This is shown in The Odyssey, ¨The ugly duckling¨, and to me as a personal experience. This topic clearly shows ¨The Odyssey¨ when Odysseus was sent to other land because of the mistakes made by his crew. Therefore, it explains the decisions they made, ¨ I stormed that place and…

enjoyment for the audiences. The fourth part of the music is Ugly Duckling. The rhythm in this part was fast and lively. The scene in my mind is a family of ducklings walk in a line. And then the rhythm became stranger. That means our hero ugly duckling came out. All the ducks laugh at our hero because of his ugliness. At the end of this part, the music turned to soft and elegant. That is a signal to show a good ending. As we all know, ugly duckling became a beautiful white swan in the end. It…

that hatched last in the story “The Ugly Duckling” was looked at differently than everyone else. “‘It’s a very large duckling,” said she; “none of the others look like that. Can it really be a turkey chick?Yes, but it’s too large and peculiar,” said the Duck who had bitten it;...”(Anderson). The other ducks poking and making fun at the differences between themselves and the ugly duckling shows that the other ducks do not feel he fits in. Tom and the ugly duckling may be seen alike as…

the importance of having fun. One of the main characters was Jack, the narrator, who was also featured in Jack and the Beanstalk. Like Jack, the other characters were based off of other individual fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, the Ugly Duckling, the Tortoise and the Hare, the Frog and the Princess, Cinderella, and Rumpelstiltskin. All of these characters were a Narrator, Extraordinary Characters, and Playwrights…

However, I will give great emphasis on one of the episodes called “The Ugly Duckling.” Through my observation, Princess Pia begins by stating the problem she has in her ballerina class “I want to twirl, but I can’t, I keep falling down” (Super Why Official, 2016). The superheroes choose the book called “The Ugly Duckling” because it most closely relates to Princess Pia’s problem of not being able to twirl. “The Ugly Duckling” talks about a duck that has difficulties learning how to swim like…

The duckling was hatched as one of the bigger and more different ducks, where his feathers were not of the same color as the rest. The duckling was always ridiculed by the other animals and even called ugly by his own mother. But after much searching from place to place, he finally found a home where he belonged and realized that he was not an ugly duckling. Instead, he was a beautiful swan that all the children loved and idolized…

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Glory Ann Rosario EN40SC Ms Young Sept. 25, 2017 Ugly Duckling “Glory looks like a Chinese mongoloid,” was what Anne said. Probably the worst insult I’ve heard from anyone. Also the one that really sparked my insecurities. All throughout my life, I was unbothered with comments such as that. Then grade nine came and somehow, that comment made me an insecure young girl. This experience help me learn to be careful with my words as it can affect one’s life. Not only that, I also learned to…