The book The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer, is an amazing story about twins going from the human world to the fairy tale world. After the twins suffer from the death of their dad their grandma gives them a book called The Land of Stories, which has all the fairy tale stories in it. When the book starts glowing and humming, the twin become very curious, a little too curious. When they start putting pencils inside the book and they are disappearing, they think it is a good idea that they should go through it themselves. When they go through and are in the fairy world they are amazed by what they see, but at the same time the are super frightened. Soon they will find out what is happening the the fairy world, and see the mission that they have …show more content…
They get to the palace and, somehow find a way to get in. Once they get in a guard shoes them to where the glass slippers are held. They are trying to decide whether or not to steal them now that they know the real story of cinderella (from cinderella.) In this part of the book the author is trying to prove that doing the right thing is hard but in the end it will help you in the long run. When Alex is allowed to hold the slipper she knew that they should not steal it but, “Connor, on the other hand, kept thinking of ways the slipper.” He then later decided that stealing it was not the best idea. “He looked over and saw something very shiny in his sister's hand. His eyes were still a little blurry from sleeping, and he had to adjust them before realizing what it was. ‘A glass slipper!’ Connor exclaimed…” (Colfer 194) This shows that even though it was tempting to steal and, within reach, they did the right thing and left it there. When they realized that the slipper was in their bag I am inferring that the guard, the one that showed them around, knew what they were trying to do. I am inferring this because the guard let them in and went along with the lie that the twins were making up to get into the palace. He also showed them around the palace, and to where all the most prized possessions of Cinderella. When they went in there …show more content…
What I mean by this is that if it is hot out you wear shorts and a t-shirt, but if it’s cold you wear a coat/sweatshirt and sweatpants. In The land of Stories the setting describes what the characters are like, and how they act. What this means is, of someone is an evil queen they would have grown up in a run down, disaster of a place. If you are a princess One place where this happens is “The inside of the castle was covered in a thick layer of dust. Cobwebs almost as old as the castle were on every windowsill, even though there were no spiders to be found. All the rooms were empty except for the occasional decrepit chair or table placed in the corner.” (Colfer 151) This is where the Evil Queen lives, after she escaped from jail. This place describes the Evil queen. I think it describes the Evil queen because she is old, and nobody really likes her. Just like how the castle is old, I know this by when the author said “Cobwebs almost as old as the castle were on every windowsill…” and I also know that know that nobody likes the castle because later on in the story the narrator begins telling us about how not very many people knew it was even a place, let a lone a castle. This shows how people look and act to there
In “Ashputtle”, the main ‘Cinderella’ character, Ashputtle, decides immediately she wants to go to a ball which the prince is throwing. She makes every effort to do so. She prepares her stepsisters while pleading with her stepmother for permission to attend. She secretly calls upon magical animals which she controls, namely birds, to perform her assigned work. When all of this fails to get her to the ball, she resorts to the use of magic again, this time to produce a stunning gown. Upon her arrival, the prince is immediately enamored with Ashputtle. Though the prince is perhaps not the brightest man, he a valuable and powerful asset for any poorer woman to be associated with. After placing the prince under the spell of her beauty and charming , Ashputtle fearlessly uses magic to inform the prince he has retrieved the wrong bride.
Cinderella is about a beautiful young girl that is mistreated by her step family. They give her the worst chores, make her sleep in a very dirty room up in an attic, and even give her the name “Cinderella” because they say she is always playing in the cinders of the fire. Cinderella is different though because despite being mistreated, she is still very nice and warmhearted. She represents how you should act in a world full of hate. If you are nice to everyone despite their rudeness and hate you will be rewarded in the end. Since Cinderella was so nice to her step sisters throughout her whole life, when she wanted to go to the ball her fairy godmother granted her wish. Cinderella got to go to the ball and looked absolutely beautiful, beautiful enough to catch the attention of the prince. While at the ball she was still very nice to her stepsisters, giving them food and telling them how nice they looked. When the stepsisters got home from the ball that night, they explain how lovely the mysterious princess was and how they thought she was so beautiful, not knowing that the mysterious princess was Cinderella. Cinderella played it off like she knew nothing of the princess but agreed with them that she must have been very beautiful. The next day came around and the stepsisters returned to the ball the
PLOT AND SUMMARY: Fablehaven by Brandon Mull is the story of two siblings Kendra and Seth’s adventure through their Grandparent’s magical reserve. The story starts with the two of them feeling uneasy about being at their Grandparent’s for the summer, but after drinking the magical milk that lets them see what’s really around them, they start to like it more and more. As they venture through the reserve they encounter many magical and dangerous creatures, these include; two satyrs with an obsession with electronics, a dying demon Graulus, a fairy queen, and witch that lives in a shack. After they release the evil witch Muriel, by undoing the last of her knots that imprison her, she unleashes the demon Bahumat.
This is a list of explications--things a North American reader might need to know in order to make most sense out of Haydn Middleton's The Lie of the Land. I re-read the novel and made a list of unclear references or ambiguous words or terms. I included the page number and a short explanation of the context; I then proffered each word with the definition I was able to find!
In “The Truth about Stories”, Thomas King, demonstrate connection between the Native storytelling and the authentic world. He examines various themes in the stories such as; oppression, racism, identity and discrimination. He uses the creational stories and implies in to the world today and points out the racism and identity issues the Native people went through and are going through. The surroundings shape individuals’ life and a story plays vital roles. How one tells a story has huge impact on the listeners and readers. King uses sarcastic tone as he tells the current stories of Native people and his experiences. He points out to the events and incidents such as the government apologizing for the colonialism, however, words remains as they are and are not exchanged for actions. King continuously alerts the reader about taking actions towards change as people tend to be ignorant of what is going around them. At the end people give a simple reason that they were not aware of it. Thus, the author constantly reminds the readers that now they are aware of the issue so they do not have any reason to be ignorant.
John Edgar Wideman’s, “Our Time”, tells the story of how his brother’s mistakes have caused Robby lots of trouble. Many questions have roamed through my head about Robby, John’s brother, and why he turned out the way he was. Why did Robby have to turn out to be the rebel in the family? Could it have been his home town, his family, or his friends? Those are the questions. I feel like it may have been the “ghetto”, Homewood, that influenced him.
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Tell-Tale Heart” focuses on the murder of an old man by an unknown narrator. The old man is said to have an “evil eye”, however, there is never an explanation for why the narrator believes this. The narrator then murders the old man and begins to describe why the murder is justifiable, and that he is not “mad”. A plausible theory for the death of the old man could be that the narrator suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and believes he needed to get rid of the “evil eye” for his own safety. The symptoms for paranoid schizophrenia include delusions, auditory hallucinations, anxiety, violence, and so on. These symptoms could explain certain quirks about the narrators hearing “...all things in the heaven and in the earth ...heard many things in hell.” (Kennedy 279) his violence “...I dismembered the corpse” (281) and the narrator constantly contemplating on their every action.
I was born and raised in Vietnam, so I naturally observed my culture from my family and my previous schools. I learned most of my culture by watching and coping the ways my family do things. My family and my friends all spoke Vietnamese, so I eventually knew how to speak and understand deeply about my language as I grew up. At home, my mom cooked many Vietnamese foods, and she also taught me to cook Vietnamese food. So I became accustom Vietnamese food. I also learned that grandparents and parents in my culture are taken care of until they die. At school, I learned to address people formally and greet higher-ranking people first. In Vietnamese culture, ranking and status are not related to wealth, so they are concerned with age and education.
There is obvious competition between Cinderella, her step-mother, and her step-sisters. The conflict between them began because they both want the father’s/ husband’s love and attention; this explains the step-mother’s cruelty toward the step-daughter. Cinderella 's stepmother declared “No, Cinderella..../you have no clothes and cannot dance./That 's the way with stepmothers”(li.53-55); this statement reveals the step-mother’s abiding envy towards Cinderella because even after she had picked up the lentils the step-mother had thrown, she still made up excuses to keep Cinderella at home and isolated. Although there were two step-daughters, “Cinderella was their maid./She slept on the sooty hearth each night/ and walked around looking like Al Jolson(li.30-32). This line refers to how Cinderella walked around the house with dirt and sludge on her all day and slept on the fireplace each night while the two step-sisters walked around the house clean and slept in comfortable beds. This shows the contrast between the two step -sisters and Cinderella and how they are treated differently throughout daily life. Obviously, there is no reason the step-family should envy Cinderella; however, they do anything in their power to make sure they receive the most attention from the rich father/husband to get whatever they
At first glance, what makes a fairy tale a fairy tale may seem obvious—some kind of magic, hidden symbols, repetition, and of course it’s evident it’s fiction—but fables are more than that. As Arthur Schelesinger puts it, it’s about “[expanding] imagination” and gaining understanding of mysterious places (618). While doing this, it also helps children to escape this world, yet teach a lesson that the reader may not be conscious of. A wonderful story that achieves all of this is Cinderella, but not the traditional tale many American’s have heard. Oochigeaskw, or The Rough-Faced Girl, and Ashputtle would be fitting for a seven-year-old because they get the gears of the mind turning, allowing for an escape on the surface, with an underlying enlightenment for children of the ways of the world.
I was fifteen when it all began; the laughing, taunting, teasing, the confusion. It wasn’t always like this. I used to be happy.
The Glass Slipper Fairytales, the short stories that most children hear as they go to bed, are actually folktales from previous decades. The fairytales today are primarily adaptations of older versions recreated by Disney— the pioneers of this generation. With that said, the modern versions consistently display good triumph over evil, a prince charming that constantly comes to the rescue, and a happily ever after ending. However, the original folktale version didn’t always come with fortunate events, but often were more violent and gruesome. With the fairytale Cinderella, Disney maintains a similar theme as its Grimm version; however, the conflicts, events, and characters that support this idea are rather different.
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... try every lady in the kingdom to see if the glass slipper fit, but I knew Cinderella was the only one with glass slippers. Did she forget one? The Duke proclaimed whoever’s foot fit the slipper would marry the Prince. I had to get Cinderella here! Mother pushed me towards the slipper. I started to protest, but gave in. It did not fit of course, because it belonged to Cinderella! The Duke headed towards the door when Cinderella came running down the stairs just in time. My evil mother tripped the Duke and made the slipper crash on the floor. As if by miracle, Cinderella produced the other one and it fit!