A Story Teller’s Strategies “The Goose Girl” and “Godfather death” are both fairly tales collected by William and Jacob Grimm also known as the Grimm Brothers. In these two stories it is safe for one to say that these brothers modified the stories to fit a universal timeline. There is nothing in the stories that indicate a specific period of time. These brothers have approached the two stories with different strategies using specifically distinct characters, in other to influence a wider audience as to how different the world can be and how we individuals make a great impact to shaping the world as a whole. To explain, “the Goose girl” tell us about a Young beautiful princess who was, passive, meek and trustworthy. These elements are portrayed in many places in the story “But the king’s daughter was humble. She said nothing and mounted her horse again (Grimm).”As is, a person can conclude that this story targets the young and makes them believe that when one is pure good, humble and obedient, the reward would always be in a positive regard. An adult knows that this is not always the case rather it can make a person more vulnerable to external threats and influences from others which they may even be superior over. On the other hand, the chambermaid in the “Goose Girl” sends a message to the world as to why a person should not be the opposite of passive, meek and humble. Although, the story tellers do not declare either way, it is safe to assume that the chambermaid was loyal to the queen and the princess in her kingdom. Later on in the outside world she starts to show where she would prefer to be in life. She obviously never liked being a chambermaid but could not oppose the Queen in the Palace. From the story, a person can ... ... middle of paper ... ...characters in respect to how a person lives his or her everyday life. The princess in “the Goose Girl” utilizes the strategy of being good and gaining reward while the chamber maid is meant to show why a person should not be bad or have evil thoughts at all. At the same time, “the Godfather Death” tell people that nothing good comes easy and that person should not allow greed to have an overcoming influence toward him or her. Works Cited story: Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. “The Goose-Girl.” Kinder-und Hausmarchen. 7th ed. D.L. Ashliman, trans. Berlin: n.p., 1857. Print. Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. “Godfather Death.” Kinder-und Hausmarchen. 7th ed. D.L. Ashliman, trans. Berlin: n.p., 1857. Print. illustration: Scharl, Josef. The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. Print.
The idea that he born extremely ugly and intimidated from everybody was reflected on each passage of the story. “We don’t want him here” “The ducks pecked him, the chickens beat him, and the girl who fed the poultry kicked him with her feet”. Other idea is the need of the ugly duckling self-acceptance, “how thankful I am for being so ugly”. The idea that opinions are individual, “The duckling thought that others might hold a different opinion on the subject”. The idea that with persistence and confidence we could achieve our dreams, “I will fly to those royal birds” “and dare to approach them”. Finally, the idea that appearance is not what really matter, and that judge other by their look is wrong, is demonstrated with the ugly duckling transformation into
Generations of children have grown up with the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood; as a result, it is one of the most popular children’s fairy tale. This tale as well as all other tales, originated as oral tales centuries ago. Eventually, these oral tales were written down and ultimately transformed into famous literary tales by collectors of fairy tales, such as French writer, Charles Perrault (Zipes). Wolf by Francesca Lia Block is a twentieth century version of Little Red Riding Hood. It is set in sharp contrast to Perrault’s early sixteen century, literary rendering of Little Red Riding Hood. Block’s retold account is devoid of censorship aimed at the female gender. The wolf/man is clearly portrayed as debauched man who commits an atrocious act of violence against his stepdaughter. Furthermore, Block’s twentieth century tale of Little Red Riding Hood gives rise to equality of the sexes: eradicates male superiority and holds the male responsible for his actions inflicted upon the girl. scrutinizing Perrault’s version of Red Riding Hood
The story of the Swan Maiden dates back centuries and is an expansively recognizable fairy tale in Europe, though it has spread worldwide. It has numerous surprising meanings and elements to it that some have deeply searched for. Turns out, this, “kid’s story”, is not as innocent as you may believe. The Swan Maiden has been interpreted through several objectives such as the variations of the tale, the meaning and history, and the beliefs behind the story, which sparks a much more intellectual understanding.
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.
Fairy tales is a good perspective for each reader because it shares life situation in society. Furthermore, fairy tales in general are suitable for young children. For three main reasons: it keeps them from fear, help them develop knowledge, and empowerment. The Goose-Girl by Grimm brothers is a fairy tale story based on a princess who grew up to marry a prince who lived far away. On her journey the chambermaid took her crown. In the end the old king found out that the chambermaid was insubordinate. So the real princess took her prince and lived happily ever
This modern fairy tale contains diverse characters but none of them are as important as the grandmother. In fact, through her narration the reader gets the basic information concerning the familial context. The story revolves around a grandmother, a mother and a granddaughter, which thus sets the point of view of the story, the grandmother is the narrator therefore the reader gets her perception. Besides the domestic context, the lack of other contextual clues, such as the time or the location of the story, gives room to her story and her final purpose: teaching and, at the same time, protecting her grand-daughter from risks represented by men here symbolized by a wolf. The way this unnamed grandmother reveals her life exemplifies two properties of fairy tale as mentioned by Marina Warner in “The Old Wives' Tale”: “Fairy tales exchange knowledge [using morals] between an older [most of the time feminine] voice of experience and a younger audience” (314). As suggested in the text, fairy tales are a way to teach insights of life through simple stories directed to, most of the time, younger generations. Most of the time because fairy tales' moral work on dif...
“I've told her and I've told her: daughter, you have to teach that child the facts of life before it's too late” (Hopkinson 1). These are the first three lines of Nalo Hopkinson's fairy tale “Riding the Red”, a modern adaptation of Charles Perrault's “Little Red Riding Hood”. Perrault provided a moral to his fairy tales, the one from this one is to prevent girls from men's nature. In Hopkinson's adaptation, the goal remains the same: through the grandmother biographic narration, the author advances a revisited but still effective moral: beware of wolfs even though they seem innocent.
I hate math; there is no way around this fact. From the onset of my re-entry into the world of academia and learning, it has weighed heavily upon my mind and I had buried this trepidation deep in my subconscious. I began my college career just before I turned 40 with grand aspirations of becoming an architect. At age 45 plus, the projected age I would earn my bachelor’s degree in architecture, time would be my enemy; it is generally a field populated by much younger, spry individuals. Upon further exploration though, it turns out that with my current educational plans, I would be closer to 50 by the time I earned that degree. On top of that, there is entirely too much pesky math! I would have to contend with Algebra, Calculus, and Physics; algebraic algorithms, matrix multiplication, and fundamental frequency be damned! Simply put, my mind does not live in that world. Do not get me wrong, I love to create; the idea of building something, formulated within my mind and realized into a tangible object really affords me a great deal of satisfaction. But I also know myself and remember vividly how much I struggled in the arena of math, so my college career path arrived at fork in the road; thankfully, I have not remained stranded on this diverging path long, as earlier this semester I was privileged enough to partake in a writing experience that solidified my decision to abandon my quest for an architecture degree and instead, pursue one in fictional writing.
In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” she tells a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee, Ontario, Canada. During this time, women were viewed as second class citizens, but the narrator was not going to accept this position without a fight.
I believe the literature piece that spoke importance to me was the article that I covered in class” The New Story-Tellers and The Doom of Realism”. Personally, literature has always seemed a bit difficult for me to grasp but this article helps clear some of that up by showing the reality of realism. One way it does that is by revealing that realism is just an attempt to copy reality by observation. Thayer makes this crystal clear throughout the passage by writing,” …because its own imagination has been dulled, and it has come to suppose that observation and experiment were the only methods by which truth can be discovered.”(Thayer 967). Another way this piece has helped me understand realism is by showing what realism is not. Here Thayer writes,”They
Many parents with children know how hard it is to travel on long trips with them. In the short story “The Story Teller” by Saki, an aunt was traveling with 3 little children. When the tries to get the children’s attention, the children don’t respond to her and continue to disobey her. When a bachelor that was traveling in the same carriage as them starts to tell the offspring’s a story, the children, with hesitation at first, start to listen to him with excitement. The bachelor seemed to know what story the children will like and what type of tone and language the story had to be told to get the children’s attention.
The folk tale of “Little Red Riding Hood” has numerous variations and interpretations depending on what recorded version is being read or analyzed. “Little Red Cap,” by the Grimm Brothers, and “The Grandmother,” as collected by Achille Millien, are different in numerous ways: the depth of the narrative structure, characters involved, length – yet, the moral lesson is largely unchanged between the two versions. One of the more glaring differences between the two versions is the way that the narrator and the actions of the characters are used to describe the young girl, female, and the wolf, male. Being either female or male are matters of biological makeup. The characteristics of femininity and masculinity that are associated with being female or male, however, are socially and culturally defined. How do these different descriptions inform gender construction, and more specifically, how do gender constructions help to naturalize stereotypes within the collective conscience of society?
Storytelling is an integral part our society that involves transmitting ideas and messages. The ori-gins of storytelling trace back to the 15000 and 13000 B.C where drawings of extinct animals in the Lascaux Cave of 900 animals and one human have been recognized by scientists to contain all the elements of a narrative story (Lockett). In the modern world storytelling has taken differ-ent shapes through aesthetics, festivals and digital media. Storytelling has existed in various dif-ferent fields as archaeologists dig up clues and makes stories of the past and business executives use narratives to construct brand and product stories (Gotschall 15). Researchers are now ac-knowledging the powerful role of storytelling in the practice of medicine.
I entered the United States for the first time in 2009. I landed in Houston, Texas and began attending Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Being my first time in the States, I had never communicated with people whose first language is English. This was challenging at first, but once I got to know my teammates and the coach, we all accommodated to meet the five C’s of communication. The level of need I experienced was predicament because it was difficult communicating in English while making sure people understand me. According to Therapeutic Communications for Health Care, predicament is defined as “no easy solution.” The person in need “often feels trapped; is not helped by advice” (Tamparo & Lindh, 2008). When I began my journey with the Cross Country team at Lamar, they were all understanding and supporting of me since I was learning the language. They were patient by listening and respecting everyone’s decisions even when they were expressed differently. Many times our body language said more than our verbal communication; I learned how to listen to others by observing rather than by listening. However, in my experience, I felt trapped many times when I wanted to communicate about something and I did not know how to express myself.
Storytelling embodies the art of human communication in all cultures around the world. This art has been passed down through generations as myths, fables, and legends. Many of these tales have similar plots, settings, and characters, even in different regions around the world. Storytelling evokes the emotion of all human beings through compelling tales of wonder, mystery, adventure, and horror. Storytelling also develops higher level thinking skills and establishes social skills. Storytelling builds self-esteem and motivation because this skill allows the listeners to be actively involved in the story. Storytelling develops communication abilities, expands the imagination, and builds self-esteem.