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    Similarly, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella are both classic Disney favorite movies about two teenagers that fall in love despite family interactions, parental restrictions, and magical influences. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel wants to discover life outside of the sea and finds herself in trouble with her overprotective father after she ventures to the surface. Her father has forbidden her to go to shore and tasks her with things to occupy her time. For instance, singing with her sisters in an…

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    This essay is about comparing the fairy tale of "Rapunzel" with the movie adaptation Tangled. The different clothing, the characters and the different settings are going to be compared. "Rapunzel" is a fairy tale from the XVII century, about a girl who has spent her entire life trapped in a tower since she was kidnapped by an old lady witch. Rapunzel is very famous for having her long blonde hair, and because she "let down her hair" to the prince to scape her tower. In the movie there were…

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    Brave & Little Adventure remains an ancient console. It can simply cast your mind back at on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. There is every possibility to be captivated by the story of Brave & Little Adventure game if you are familiar with consoles such as Tiny Thief. People develop with stories and can easily choose their most interesting options. The Little Red Riding Hood is among one of the favorite fairy tales loved by people. The tale is basically cascaded on a big wicked wolf and a…

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    In the book The Chronicles of Narnia, Lucy the youngest of the kids goes into a wardrobe while they were playing hide and seek. She met Mr. Tumness the Faun and she had tea with him. Edmund didn’t believe Lucy and he made fun of her. He then went into the wardrobe to see if Lucy was telling the truth and so he started to look for her, but instead he found the “White Witch”. Lucy went and had tea with Mr. Tumness the Faun again and found out that he was gone the White Witch captured him. Soon all…

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    In Meditations, Descartes gives us a very solid statement about his theory on what we might call the “Matrix.” This is an epistemological argument that dares to question nature, and the truth behind everything we know as humans. Descartes began to live by this epistemological theory that much of what we know about this world is adequate, but there is no such thing as the certain truth. In the movie titled, The Matrix, we see Descartes cogito ergo sum, or “I think, therefore I am” theory come…

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    The Velveteen Rabbit/ by Margery Williams Bianco The Velveteen Rabbit was written by Margery Williams Bianco in 1922. The book tells the story of a toy, sawdust-filled rabbit, who is given on charismas day to a little boy. At first he is an object of curiosity, but is quickly ignored when the other more expensive toys discover he is made of more inferior material. He is put in the nursery cabinet, where he is mocked by the other toys. He is lonely and insecure, until the oldest toy in the…

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    loss of his mom. As the story progresses, he comes to realize that she plays a much bigger part in his life and lets her become closer to him. Ben creates a bond with Saoirse that comes with maturity and understanding. He eventually becomes the big brother that his mother knew he would be. The literal scene where he starts to understand and come full circle is when he retrieves the coat for Saoirse which in turn saves her, and in a way saves Ben. The gensure symbolizes courage and bravery which…

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    The children’s book The King’s 6th Finger by Jolby and Rachel Roellke addresses the issues that can arise in an authoritarian power structure. The story, although not explicitly stated, is an authoritarian text. The ruler is King Mortimer, who commands the kingdom to follow his unorthodox rules. Marxist views can be used to examine the distribution of power and inequalities of social classes in this story. In its barest elements, this story describes how a total ruler is able to oppress the…

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    1984 by George Orwell, the main character Winston Smith is just a regular citizen of Oceania who lives with basically nothing and is controlled by Big Brother every single day. Winston ends up being brainwashed and a perfect citizen of Oceania. In the book 1984, it shows the life style of being controlled by the government. Kim Jong Un and Big Brother are extremely alike. They are both terrible leaders who do terrible things to their citizens. “After the Korean War, Kim II Sung used his…

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    Responding to the Critic’s idea: Young girls tend to imagine and dream of being whisked away by a charming and wealthy prince because of fairytales like Cinderella that show and encourage it. I agree with Jack Zipes’ analysis on the decisions that women in fairy tales make. This supports the fairytale Cinderella and the decision that Cinderella made. Jack Zipes says that “comic endings call upon young females to value communal stability over individual needs.” meaning that the women in…

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