Comparison Between Brave New World and Our World of 2012 Essay

Brave enough to see it: Perrault, Andersen, Disney and the Stigma of Inevitable Heteronormativity in Fairy Tales ‘Fairy tale’ is a genre of storytelling that is deeply ingrained into our persons and cultures. In this essay I will expose the idea that heteronormative ‘happy endings’ are their inevitable conclusion. My main points of reference will be Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood, both Hans Christian Andersen and Walt Disney’s versions of The Little Mermaid, as well as Disney’s more recent film Brave. My aim is to uncover whether or not the genre can be defined by this single motif, particularly by highlighting versions that do not end this way. I will assert that fairy tales are in fact not undeniably heteronormative. The fluid nature of the tale sees that they conform to…

Treatment of Animals or PETA, is a non-profit organization with the motto: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment” (“The Issues”). PETA has expressed these extreme tendencies in many of their outlandish campaigns over the years. This evidence shows that PETA goes to eccentric lengths to further their own agenda. Though their cause for protecting animal welfare is more than noble, PETA takes it one step too far at times, disparaging, slandering, and…

increasing oppressive tendency that slowly but steadily slains Christians all over the globe, threatening anyone who considers itself a follower of Jesus Christ. Fleeing is week by week a less feasible option since hordes of Christian refugees overwhelm neighbour countries’ borders everyday (Nat’l Catholic Reporter, par 3). How long will this trend last for? How secure should Christians feel within the oppressive country's borders? They say that drastic times call for drastic measures, but it…

masculinity; in their viewpoint homosexuality is a revolting act because by being the champion of LGBT community they are endangering their own masculinity. They favor their male ego and in turn repress their instinctive urges which make appearances now and then through unconscious slip. This same pattern could be observed in Chip’s line of thought. He always thoughts himself to be a womanizer, in the first half of a novel his disdain towards homosexual male is quite obvious from his remarks…

book. It gives them the opportunity to go at their own pace through the book. As well as letting they look at the illustration, then at the number and making a connection between the actual number and the illustration. I enjoyed the book setting and how it almost looked water-color painted on the spread. If you’re paying attention to the whole book as you go, you are able to tell how the train is adding animals from each page and getting closer to the bottom right corner. This gives you a hint…