Wgu Literacy Task 1

We all know Cinderella, the girl whose step- mother and sisters were horrendous to her. In the end she gets the prince, of course. These tales don’t follow that same story line. Their personalities, royal future, their father figure, and the magic in the stories all differ. These four Cinderella tales are Aschenputtel, The Twelve Months: A Slave Legend, The Algonquin Cinderella, and Tam and Cam. Each has different elements that can be compared, but they also have elements that can be contrasted. Breaking down the comparisons and contrasts, Aschenputtel and The Twelve Months: A Slave Legend will be compared and contrasted, whereas, the Algonquin Cinderella and Tam and Cam will be compared and contrasted.

Our culture is full of fairy tales. Girls are taught at a young age about Prince Charming and happy endings while boys are taught to be the girls’ heroes. They are taught these dreams and desires through fairytales and movies. These fairy tales started out as entertaining stories, but as they were handed down from one generation to the next, they slowly became more than that. They became bedtime stories for children, and as such, they have great importance because they teach children how to be in the world. One such fairy tale I want to focus on is Cinderella.

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Respond to the prompts below (no more than 9 single-spaced pages, including prompts) by typing your responses within the brackets. Do not delete or alter the prompts. Pages exceeding the maximum will not be scored.

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In class we read 3 Cinderella stories and one poem. Ashenputtle is German, Yeh Shen is Chinese, The Algonquin is Native America, and the Interview is a poem. There are over 900 different Cinderella stories in every cultures. I am going to compare and contrast the ones we read in class.

The story of Cinderella has become a classic fairy tale, known around the world, and past down from generation to generation. Yet, over the years, the story has been rewritten to better relate to different cultures. While some things never change, authors still manage to convey different messages by making the story their own. This can be clearly seen when the Grimm brothers version of Cinderella is compared to Charles Perrault’s version of Cinderella. While the core of the story does not change, the moral, tone, and “magical” aspects of the two stories are clearly shaped by the different cultures in which they were written in.

When implementing Common Core Standards in English language arts, educators must be mindful of literacy strategies and continue to use those evidence-based practices within the framework of the Common Core. Some of the important strategies for elementary school teachers to focus on are fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, phonics and writing skills.

"Once upon a time," the most used introduction phrase in common fairy tales used to start an adventure. These adventures have been around for years. The importance of some tales might be more significant than others, also based on culture. My goal for this paper is to educate my readers with the importance of fairy tales, especially for younger children. Fairy tales have been around for centuries from generations to generations. Different cultures, such as the Japanese and Western, have also expressed them differently. All these fairly tales teach children different aspects of life, which make these tales so important.

Have you seen the old time classic, Disney’s “Cinderella”? Cinderella is a well known Disney Princess, but it is not the only version of this traditional story. There are stories in France, Germany, China and more, but how did each story change? As the traditional story of “Cinderella” was carried on to different countries, they changed it to fit in with their culture. The many stories of “Cinderella” all have been told by different people around the world, which makes each story unique and different, but how do each compare? For example, “Cinderella” and “The Irish Cinderlad” both have an evil villain that tries to make their lives miserable. Using the Archetype “Villain” it is obvious that both stories have distinct cultures by their social necessities.

The three versions of Cinderella below share other common characteristics of the culture such as the belief that is you do good then you will be rewarded, the idea that if you keep your head down, do not complain too much then you can achieve something through your hard work and the belief that if you do wicked things then you will be punished her those actions. Using the components of culture across the three different versions of Cinderella chosen, I have concluded that the culture of all three novels is similar. On pg. 237 of our text it says that

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.

“Share our similarities and celebrate our differences”, by M. Scott Peck. Cultures around the world have many differences and similarities, even when it comes to fairy tales, like Cinderella. Although many people believe that fairy tales are the same across all cultures, the truth is that they are extremely different depending on the value of the culture. Our American “Cinderella” is an amazing story, but do we read and get inspired by every single other cultures’ fairy tales. The one thing that never changed is the love and care in the heart of the lovely, lady, Cinderella.

The story of Cinderella, perhaps the best-known fairy tale, is told or read to children of very young ages. But Cinderella is not just one story; more than 500 versions have been found—just in Europe! The tale’s origins appear to date back to a Chinese story from the ninth century, “Yeh-Shen.” Almost every culture seems to have its own version, and every storyteller his or her tale. Charles Perrault is believed to be the author, in the 1690s, of our “modern” 300-year-old Cinderella, the French Cendrillon.

Cinderella is a fairytale for children that displayed love, loss and miracles; however, when it is further analyzed, it has a deeper meaning. Cinderella is a story about a young girl who became a servant in her own home after her father remarried a malicious woman with two spoiled daughters. She was humiliated and abused yet she remained gentle and kind. She received help from her fairy godmother to go to the prince’s ball after her stepmother rejected her proposal. Cinderella and the Prince fell madly in love but she had to leave at twelve o’clock and forgot to tell him her name but she left her glass slipper behind. He sent his servants to find her and Cinderella was the only maiden in the kingdom to fit into the shoes. She