Folklore for Life Lessons By Tammy Kiholm Comm 1010

Open your imagination  Little Red Riding Hood  What do you see?  What characteristics does the picture in your mind have?

The Feeling  Cinderella lost her shoe, was late, and did not have time to go get it.  Imagine yourself in her position, frantic and late.  You lost a beautiful shoe, and could be spotted in rags?

Relax  Stop and explore your emotion.  Pay attention to what you are feeling.  How you can make it your adventure and your story?

Added Extras  Notice the external noise in the tale.  The main idea might be simple but, what else is happening.

Language and Style  It is fun to pretend and sometimes forget where you are.  In Peter Pan, you are a hero or pirates mate.  In Huckleberry Fin, you are feeling lazy on a hot summer day.

Morals  Jack Skellington almost ruined Christmas.  Mind your own business.  The Fisherman’s Wife ended up with nothing.  Greed  Falling in love with a Beast.

Seriously  Are these things likely to happen?  Try it and find out.

Works Cited  Andersen, H (1837) The Emperor’s New Clothes. Denmark: C.A. Reitzel  Burton, T (1993) The Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney Films  Disney, W (1972) Peter Pan and Captain Hook. New York, N.Y.: Randonm House Children’s Books.  Mayer, M (1978) Beauty and the Beast. New York, N.Y. North-South Books Inc.  Tatar, M. (Eds.). (2004) The Annotated Brothers Grimm. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company. Hansel and Gretel pg 72; The Fisherman and His Wife pg 86; Cinderella pg 113