A Peer-to-Peer Review

First off! Take a look at Jill's blog if you can! https://jillsfolkandfairytales.blogspot.com/

 
This week's blog is all about reviewing each other's last three blogs, so here we go!

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Blog 8: The Child As A Hero

I agree with Jill’s introduction on her blog entry ‘the child as a hero’. It is important to be inspiring for young readers, as many children encounter bullies and struggle daily with self-esteem- I experienced it, I watched my middle sister encounter it, and I am currently watching my youngest sibling struggle with her confidence as well. She would likely enjoy the story of “Little Thumbling”, as I know she often feels overlooked by many people, as she is much younger than the middle sibling and myself. Both “Little Thumbling” and “Fulano de Tal and His Children”, as Jill mentioned, inspires young readers to continue reading to encourage quick thinking.

 

Blog 7: Kenyan Folklore

The way Jill formatted the blog to review everything we had discussed during Dr. Ochien ‘K’ Olewe’s lecture is extremely easy to read, and points out the major highlights of the lecture- such has everyone participating to make it “our story”, dramatizing the story, and breaking the story into episodes of singing and speaking, to capture the audience’s attention. Her pictures that she included, such as the fire at night (as the stories were often told at night, as that was when the work was done), and the illustration of the monkey and the shark (one of the tales shared with us), help to reminisce of the fascinating lecture we had that day.

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Blog 6: Cinderella

I appreciate the criticism that Jill applied to the movies of “Cinderella” and “Pretty Woman”, as from a feminist perspective, I agree that the rags to riches motif is, unfortunately, extremely unrealistic for so many women and, unfortunately, it doesn’t show to them the other options they have in the world. While, yes, Vivian does decide to go back to school at the end of “Pretty Woman”, she never would have made that decision if she hadn’t met Edward. Perhaps when these movies originally came out, these were possible narratives to hope for and work towards, but in the modern age, it just isn’t possible.