Comparing The Series 'The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell'

It is interesting to consider the titles of both Disney’s The Sword in the Stone and the story section in T.H. White’s book The Once and Future King: The Sword in the Stone as somewhat misleading. Although the sword was found located on top of a stone in both cases, it was in fact fused into an anvil. As seen in the film, Wart, who is later revealed to be the young King Arthur, pulls the sword out of an anvil in a church yard, positioned on the top of a pile of rocks. This is significant because when an individual hears the title of the film, one assumes that the sword actually came out of the stone but this is not the case. This common misconception is present in almost every King Arthur representation, and the reasoning behind it is quite

Many books and movies use Le Morte D’Arthur as their main reference because as said, that was the first time it was officially introduced by Sir Thomas Malory. Many believe that the Arthurian legend is one of the best legends, the retelling of the legend has been incredible developed and translated and still have similar morals.The legend includes many sexual details, betrayal, adultery, revenge, violence and many more issues that are adult material. In order for the legend to be appropriate for children many famous authors modify the tales and characters for their younger audience. T.H.White novel “The Once and Future King” and the film based on his work “The Sword in the Stone” both were adapted for children viewing and learning

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland written by Lewis Caroll was originally published on November 26, 1865. On the other hand, the movie version, directed by Clyde Geronimo, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske and produced by Walt Disney, was published in 1951. Carroll's book has twelve chapters and begins by describing a girl who named Alice that falls down a hole and finds herself in wonderland. In comparison, the movie begins with a scene not included in the book in which Alice sings about “her world,” foreshadowing wonderland. In the beginning, the versions are similar. Alice follows the rabbit because she is bored with her sister who only wants to read books with pictures. When she follows the rabbit, Alice finds herself in a different world. The difference is that in the book when Alice comes to the place, she finds the rabbit and follows him until she sees many doors. In the movie, however, the door talks to her instead.

In both novels the experience of growing up is explored through the use of narratives that span across lifetimes. In ‘Wuthering Heights’ Emily Bronte introduces the characters of Heathcliff and Catherine as children in an 18th century English household. In ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, Khaled Hosseini also introduces both Mariam and Laila from young ages. The purpose of this style of writing allows he reader to provide justification for the events that happen to each character, and support the understanding that the childhoods of each characters determine them as they mature. The experience of growing up is also heavily influenced by contextual factors, and without them the characters would have had very different ordeals.

Snow White is a fairytale that never gets old. Countless young children know the tale by heart: A young, beautiful girl tries to live a happy life while her mother tries to kill her due to Snow White being prettier than her. Snow White, though, has a much more profound, unexploited history. There are many versions of this story that not a lot of people read. Two texts that were particularly fascinating were Gold Tree and Silver Tree as well as Nourie Hadig. In Gold Tree and Silver Tree, Silver Tree becomes jealous with Gold Tree’s beauty and tries to kill her newlywed daughter, but Gold Tree made a new friend, and she helped take care of Silver Tree. In Nourie Hadig, Nourie is left in the forest by her father because her mother wants to kill her. There, she takes care of a prince all the while her mother is trying to find her. Both these stories have amazing similarities and striking differences, but the similarities significantly outweigh the differences. The stories are astonishingly similar many ways, but their characters are the most standout thing about these stories. While these figures have their differences, the similarities are much more eye-catching. These characters are similar because their personalities follow a similar rhythm throughout the stories and their actions also stay the same.

There are numerous genre’s in literature, but their level of importance and influence on an individual will differ. Exposure to books and stories is especially important for children because it is their opportunity to acclimate themselves to written language, and in turn create their own visuals for the toneless words. Maria Tatar writes, “Why Fairy Tales Matter: The Performative and the Transformative” to demonstrate how fairy tale’s written language can spark a child’s imagination as well as empower them. Through personal insight from distinguished writers— Richard Wright— Tatar builds her argument for the benefits of fairy tales— particularly the violent stories. The writer organizes her essay in a concrete fashion by using each paragraph to build on a proposed idea or to present a belief, but does not use contemporary writers personal anecdotes or heed to her own advice of avoiding childish fairy tales.

The women in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Paradise Lost both had a serious impact over the men in their lives. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the host’s wife heavily influenced Sir Gawain’s thoughts and strategies through seduction, especially when she offered her girdle. The host’s wife was put there to test Sir Gawain’s loyalty, and he gave in. In Paradise Lost, Eve was beneficial to Adam in many ways. Eve provided Adam with companionship, gave Adam confidence, and also helped convince him to eat the apple. Both women held crucial amounts of power, and effected the outcome in both poems.

Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells is a story of a small town with an enchanting dust of magic just below the surface. Reading Allens writting is as fufilling as the first sip of coffe in the morining, as unlaxing as a warm bath, and as comforting as crying to your mom after a particular nerving day.Garden spells some how kept me on the edge of my seat while putting me completley at ease all at the same time. A tale of a small town , overcoming the past, and two sisters finding their way back to each other, you won't be able to put the book down. This book taught me how to love and cherish every minute of my life but never settle for good enough. And of course that a touch magic is always just around the

A telling of the Sleeping Beauty tale by Brothers Grimm called “Briar Rose” begins with a king and queen long for a child and are promised they will receive one. The queen indeed has a daughter and the king throws a feast in celebration inviting twelve of thirteen Wise Women due to having only twelve golden plates. At the feast, the child is bestowed many gifts and the uninvited Wise Woman appears and curses the child saying when she turns fifteen she will prick her finger on a spindle and die. The last Wise woman uses her gift to keep the princess alive by placing her in a hundred-year sleep.

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The tradition of stories has been pass down to families for centuries and the sequence never stops from wiping out. Stories like fairy tales has brought in a new element in the world that involves creating a completely new world of imagination for everyone. Nowadays, these tales manipulated by popular studios has risen to make the plot more appealing to everyone with a happy ending twist. Not all have a happy plot. Writers such as the Grimm’s have made tales that brings out a darker side of the story. One tale known as the “Little Red Riding Hood” is a great example on bringing it down to the exact beginning. This is about a girl in a red coat with a hood off to deliver some food to her sick Granny’s house. She then came across a wolf that apparently went off to the house that little red was heading. The wolf eventually gobbles up Granny and waits for little red to arrive. The relations of how culture, religion, and society can cause changes to the details of these tales. By discovering the true origin of “Little Red Riding Hood”. Will begin on whether this tale has any effects on the exploration in religion. As well as any other influence that might have changed how the true tale has changed.

The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer is an amazing book. So far this series has me hooked on the amount of creativity that goes into these stories. I love the way Chris Colfer describes The Land of stories in such detail. For example, the very first paragraph was full of imagery. “The East was in a period of great celebration. Daily parades marched through the village streets, every home and shop was decorated in colorful banners and wreaths, and handfuls of flower petals were thrown through the air. Each citizen smiled, proud of what they had recently accomplished.” I also really enjoy how Colfer has connected all the fairytales into big world and how everyone’s stories overlap each other. For example, in the story

Fairy tales make an important part of cultural prophecy, because they contain wisdom which is passed from parents to their children. They contain basic moral and ethical guidelines for children. Images and symbols used in fairy tales can help to judge about cultural, ethical, social and moral values popular in the contemporary society. Changes and similarities, which can be found in the popular fairy tale Cinderella by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, version of 1812 and the Disney version of Cinderella (2015), can help to realize the changes in cultures and historical epochs.

"Like everyone else, my remembrances of childhood contain hazy memories of Atreyu doing battle with Gmork, and a young Barrett Oliver as Bastian yelling ""I will do what I dream!"" So, in a mood to reaffirm my youthful fantasies, I picked up a copy of Michael Ende's 1979 novel upon which the movie was loosely based, ""The Neverending Story"". I was not surprised that the largely dark tone of the movie was, of course, much darker, deeper and much more sustained in the novel. But I am not here to compare the book to the movie, both of which are classics in their own right. Like the best of what is considered children's literature, ""The Neverending Story"" has an appeal and a depth that literally begs for continued readings as one grows older. A novel about growth, maturity, the power (fraught as it is) of imagination, and the necessity of books to provide us with different perspectives on our world, ""The Neverending Story"" is a challenging children's novel which respects its readers enough to not treat them like children.

Fairy Folk Tales are the most popular types of literature. The tale is an orally transmitted tradition by generations through the time; some events are changed to fit reality and society. Folk fairy tales deal with the dualism of the good and the evil. They are basing on a conflict between the good and the evil forces. The conclusion comes from aspirations of the human desire to achieve the justices. There are no known authors and sources for ancient’s literature. We have many versions of the story; they are credited by many authors later. Each tale is very like some other culture’s tale. Each culture has own tales, but all the tales are similarities and differences in some points. This essay will compare between two fairy tales, “Cinderella” and “In the Land of Small Dragon”. The tale of Cinderella is a French tale. It is credited by Charles Perrault; it is published in 1697. The in the Land of Small Dragon is a Vietnamese folktale; it is told by Dang Manh Kha in 1979.