Fantastic.

Fantastic.

     Well for starters, using Harry Potter as a reference is not going to happen, no offense, I haven't read them, watched the movies, and don't plan to.

     

     We're reading The Hobbit  By J.R.R. Tolkien. I read it in fourth grade, as well. I don't think it's necessarily a bad book- but it's not my favorite genre. But in today's blog, I'm supposed to describe the fantasy elements., hence "Fantastic". Yay! (do you see the sarcasm?)

    

     First off, there's dwarfs. Short, stubby, big fluffy beards. Like Santa, in my opinion. Did I mention they're tubby?

    

     Then there's Gandalf, a wizard. Long beard, usually older. In this case, I can use Harry from Harry Potter as a comparison. Except, Harry is young and handsome and he has a funny scar on his face. There's a few differences there, dontcha think?

     

     There's Smaug, the dragon. When I think of dragons, I always think of the dragon in Shrek. You know, she mates with the donkey, and has cute little flying dragon-donkeys. They're so cute.  

     

     Bard, the human. Like the rest of us. It't that simple. No explaining to do here.

    

     I like Beorn, too. The man who can turn into a bear. It reminds me of Jacob Black in Twilight, the werewolf. 

     Last but not least, there's elves. they remind me of Santa, too. Or his elves, perhaps...

Thanks for putting up with my mindless rambling. Again,

-Sara(:<3

     

Cinderella.

So, you have probably heard of the fairytale Cinderella. The evil stepmother, the ugly stepsisters, and losing her glass slipper. 
In this variation, The Hearth-Cat, there was a widowed schoolmistress with a plain young daughter. The daughter went home to ask her father to marry the schoolmistress, and he said if his daughter wore a pair of iron boots, when they rotted out, he would marry her. The mistress was pleased with this, and instructed her to wear them every day. One day, they started to fall to pieces. She told her father about it, and he married the mistress that day. When he was home, she was treated kindly. But when her stepmother was home, she was basically a child slave.
I think this relates to the original Cinderella to an extent, with the evil stepmother and being treated like a slave, having to do all of the house work. To me, the lesson is to not tell your father to marry your teacher. The same concept as our version- evil stepmother;and the father has no idea.

Cited:
Thomas Frederick Crane, Italian Popular Tales (London: Macmillan and Company, 1885), no. 9, pp. 42-47.

-Sara(:<3

I'm currently reading the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman.

This image represents every person being themselves. No two people are alike, just like no two fingerprints are alike. 

http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/007/12/nokia_fingerprint_scanning_patent.htm

This image represents.. Well it represents the title, Unwind.

http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/04.11/unwinding.html

I think this image represents when Connor is running from the Juvey-Cops. How much better can that be portrayed?

http://www.storyfever.com/run-boy-run/

When someone is unwound, it is believed that they do not die, they just go to another "world" perhaps.

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-wallpapers/572.html

This represents kids' reactions when they find out they're being unwound. They don't want to go, they want to stay with their friends. Obviously not their family, they don't want them anymore.

http://prisonersfamiliesvoices.blogspot.com/2011/06/teenage-visit-boredom-by-mumzi.html

This represents what I would do to my mother if she chose to unwind me.

http://www.xboxmb.com/forum/29-jokes-funny-stuff/16810-post-all-your-gifs-pictures-fmls-umads-here/2.html

This truck represents when Connor got a ride from a truck driver.

By Sara AND Jessie D.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0124.html

The Three Little Pigs.

So, we like (these) stories because... 

I like pigs. They're fat and adorable!

Plus these piggy stories really relate to our childhood, you know?

I had so many versions of them. The wolf blows the house down, blah blah blah. 

Yeah, exactly. And I love how two of the little pigs are always like, really dumb. I mean, who builds a house out of straw and sticks but doesn't even use GLUE?!

 Apparently them.. I'm BLONDE and I'm even smarter than that. I mean, come on!

Yeah, I know. A blonde is smart enough to not do that. I know if I were one of the pigs, I'd run to my smart sibling's house (the one with the bricks) and call animal control or the CIA or SOMETHING. Like, seriously!

If I was one of the pigs, I would have been the one who BUILT the brick house. (She's a BRICK..HOUSE! ...Sorry.) I lost my train of thought, thanks. Go on.

Sorry! But anyways.. I would definitely have a shotgun under my bed or whatever... Self defense!

The pig who cried wolf... Or is it the boy who cried wolf? What if your "self defense" was.. SLENDY? Not the wolf?

Oh my goodness I have a nerd crush on Slendy! Uh, back on topic... I don't think I'd be a pig. I'd probably be the wolf.. Only much smarter.

Really? Hmm.. Wolves are pretty smart, you know. I mean, one tried to eat my cat once.

Like, tried? Didn't succeed! But anywhooo... I think that's the end of our discussion. We like pigs, wolves are terrible at blowing things, et cetera.

-Sara

~Jessie