English Literature Summer Task The Great Gatsby‚ Life of Pi and Great Expectations: The Opening Chapters The opening chapters of each of these three books are both similar and different in many ways‚ and succeed to keep the reader interested enough to carry on their journey with Pip‚ Nick or Pi. The way characterisation is put forward in these three novels is rather similar‚ in the fact that all three are written in the first person‚ giving the impression that the character in question is telling
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Adelina Gonzales The Great Expectations is a story told by a man and his upbringing. He tells about his childhood and adulthood. Throughout the story many people go through some ups and downs‚ finding out who they really are‚ and what others are actually like and who those people truly are. This story teaches the reader a lesson about life and what to expect from some people that we think are close to us and who really care for us‚ but in reality they don’t. On the other hand we find out who is
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Weak Women or Patriarchal Tales One of the first things children are exposed to is the well-known fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers or Hans Christian Anderson. These tales portray the story of a heroic‚ strong‚ and powerful man saving the weak‚ dependent‚ damsel in distress. As expressed by Leslee Kuyendal and Brian Sturem in their article “We Said Feminist Fairy Tales‚ Not Fractured Fairy Tales!” fairy tales “reflect and reproduce the patriarchal values of the society that crafted them”(“We
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The Fairy Tale Tradition Fairy tales occupy a unique niche in the literary world. They are the subject of intense and extensive academic discourse at the same time as they are animated and commercialized for children by major production companies. The identity of the fairy tale as literature is hotly contested. Angela Carter’s view on fairy tales was that they were on the same "cultural level" as classic works like Paradise Lost. In contrast to Carter’s view‚ an experienced librarian at a major
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In stave 3 Dickens introduces two children called Ignorance and Want who are described as: ‘wretched‚ abject‚ frightful‚ hideous‚ miserable.’ This list of negative adjectives makes the reader empathise with the young children as they are innocent and haven’t chosen to live this saddening life. Dickens also used the adjectives scowling‚ wolfish’ to describe the children which is describing them as wolves and monsters‚ indicating that they have been neglected to live like savages. Poor people‚ throughout
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Dickens including the scene where Miss Havisham dress catches fire is symbolic in that she has been wasting her life away‚ while her house falls to ruin around her. At this time she is finally feeling remorse in how she raised Estella‚ treated Pip and in wasting her life. She is begging forgiveness‚ seeking to be absolved and something so tragic happens to her is symbolic and ironic. Pips vision of Miss Havisham hanging from a beam and going back to check on her is foreshadowing in what he
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The Impact of Fairytales on Child Development Fairytales are heard from childhood to adulthood and have a big impact on a person’s life‚ most importantly during their childhood. In Bruno Bettelheim’s “The Uses of Enchantment”‚ he claims that fairytales help lead children towards a more independent life‚ and that they must face all problems that confront them. He also says that fairytales are genuinely good for children’s development‚ and have positive effects on children’s behavior. Bettelheim
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The definition of fairytale is a story created for children‚ which have fairies‚ goblins‚ and wizards. The three fairytales I have chosen are Hansel and Gretel‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ and a Goldilocks and the Three Bears. All three of these fairytales have a stereotype‚ they show symbolism‚ and have a protagonist. I will speak about each of the three literary terms. Stereotype is when all people or things of the same nature are automatically thought to be the same. As I read Hansel and Gretel‚
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Midterm Essay Fairytales in a Modern Culture In an article from Plato’s Republic‚ he strongly argues that the ‘greater part of our stories we shall have to reject’ as models and examples for our children to follow because we do not want to suggest values for moral conduct. Many arguments have risen over claiming classic tales are bad for our children. I believe‚ for the most part‚ children will be able to recognize the difference between stories and realistic aims and expectations of life. Also
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In analysing Great Expectations‚ Dorothy Van Ghent maintains that there are two kinds of crime that drive the moral plot of the novel: the crime of parent against child and the calculated social crime "of turning the individual into a machine". Thus‚ in the same way that the parent or the parent figure abuses the child‚ social authority also participates in creating parents who participate in the dehumanization of the children. (sons heir of fathers sin‚ repeat in society over n over) Van Ghent
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