Response to “Shrek: Parody or Form of Retaliation”

Settla(Shen Jiale)

Dr. Marquardt

ENG1430 W10

May 8th

Word Count:# 201

Response to “Shrek: Parody or Form of Retaliation”

       Dream Work’s Shrek reveals a creative form of retaliation inside though it’s a comic story.  The producer of it is Jeffrey Katzenberg who was once employed by Disney. He helped create many successful films which promoted Disney. However, once Disney’s chairman Eisner insulted him and promoted his friend to president. He felt angry and left Disney. He quickly created Dream Works, so there is a tension between Dream Works and Disney. Not long later, Dream Works starts to find a new road—parody. Through his efforts, now Katzenberg puts out blockbuster after blockbuster, while Eisner has to struggle to support Disney.

     From my perspective, actually parody is easy to make people amuse and attracts people’s attention. Ktzenberg chooses a creative idea to use in the film. It proves that he is very creative and smart enough to succeed. What I learn is that looking for business opportunity is important. We shouldn’t merely stay in our position, in the meanwhile, we should look for our advantages to develop. When we don’t like our profession in the future, we should utilize our advantages to find the profession we like and make full use of it.

Quote

Settla(Shen Jiale)

Dr.Marquardt

ENG 1430 W10

April 27th

Word Count:# 102

Introduction:

Bill Gates is a entrepreneur, software engineer, charitarian and the originator of MicroSoft. He once was the CEO of MicroSoft and the chief software engineer. He was born in Washington on October 28th, 1955. He is the richest man in the United States for 20 years.

Quote:

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

by Bill Gates

Expthecation:

Gates emphasizes that the greatest tool in the classroom is the teacher and student motivation. However, he also states the technology is a tool to help them educate.

 

Response to “Insight from a Cinderella Story”

Settla(Shen Jiale)

Dr. Marquardt

ENG1430 W10

April 17th

Word Count:# 247

  Response to “Insight from a Cinderella Story”

        “Insight from a Cinderella Story” is a article introducing the current film Ever After,which is a Cinderella story. What is most impressive to me is the last paragraph. Actually, when I read a book or watch a film, some similar memory and insights come to my brain. Often the impressive memory can’t be forgotten.
       There are a great number of similarities that prove that it’s a Cinderella story. Also there are a series of different points distinctive from the traditional Cinderella story. What is distinctive is that in the traditional Cinderella story, Cinderella is passive to change with the magical help. However, in the this film, the character Drew Barrymore is active to transform from her living situation. Not the prince rescues her, it’s her that solves her own problems. I think this is the biggest different part between the traditional Cinderella story and this film. In addition, in the film, the helper is a sage not animals,who provides help at a time of anxiety. There are no helpers offering the clothes to her, and no helpers satisfy all her wishes. Thus, in the film, “Cinderella” transforms by herself actively.
        From my point of view, I learn how to sort out my thoughts and state them logically, but not the specific knowledge. When I write my essay, what I should do is to clarify my thoughts and share with audiences methodically rather than pour out in a moment.

Responce to "Why the Marriage Plot Never Gets Older "

Settla(Shen Jiale)
 

Dr.Marquardt
 

ENG1430
 

April 14th
 

Word Count:# 239

        Response to “Why the Marriage Plot Never Gets Older”

       When the author encounters the marriage-plot argument, he gets a sinking feeling. He clarifies his opinion about why the marriage plot never gets older. First, he thinks the liberation of women and liberalization of divorce law didn’t deprive the novel of the form whose protagonists contended with societal repression. The marriage is dependent mainly on psychological and internal drama rather than external factors. In addition, the marriage plot always has a happy ending. The novels in the contemporary life stand on both sides. Some have a happy ending, while others have a bad ending. What’s more, he thinks that the novels of the twentieth and twenty-first century seem to lack certain qualities that the predecessors possessed.

      From my point, I acknowledge that the marriage plot never gets older. Actually, the protagonists in the past century suffer from poverty and hardship. Thus, these protagonists have distinctive features compared to the couples in the contemporary century. They have hard work spirit which isn’t embodied on the contemporary couples. Love lasts forever, no matter how long time has passed. With the marriage time becoming longer, their emotion between each other is more and more profound. Not like the initial love, long-time touch with each other make their love become another kind of love. This kind of love is similar to the love between relatives. The marriage plot never gets older.

 

Uniqueness Makes Him Successful

Settla(Shen Jiale)
 

Dr.Marquardt
 

ENG 1430 W10
 

April 10th
 

Word Count:# 262

Uniqueness Makes Him Successful

      Through reading this article, I find that RuPual is a unique and special person, who lives as a man and performs as a woman. However, due to the uniqueness of him which is different from others that makes him famous. This feature makes him succeed.

      From my point of view, I think that the uniqueness is significant for us to differ from others. Maybe in the future, this feature will make you fruitful. Thus, cultivating a unique habit is indispensable. The traditional men are masculine, active, aggressive and powerful, while women are emotional, delicate and beautiful. Rupual grabs the biggest difference between the appearance of men and women. In addition, he dares to challenge the traditional definition of beauty and breaks the traditional thinking. He succeeds through distinctive performance and the daring clothing style. Let me take Lady Gage for an example. She also explains a different style of beauty to us. It’s her uniqueness that differs her from so many singers and makes her well-known to us so quickly. If both of them don’t have such a uniqueness, then probably others don’t know them at all and their life will be different from what is now. 

      For most of us, maybe we don’t have such uniqueness like them, but we can have a strength that differs from most of people. Just because of this,  a great number of little children learn to play an instrument or dance. Their parents would like their children to have a strength. In conclusion, uniqueness can make a person be distinctive.

Respond to “Cinderella and Feminism”

Settla(Shen Jiale)
 

Dr.Marquardt
 

ENG 1430 W10
 

April 7th
 

Word Count:# 312

Respond to “Cinderella and Feminism”

       The Cinderella story is presented to children at a young age. Because American literary is male, there is a strong need for a female. In addition, the fairy tale comes much earlier than the school education. If the little girls know about it early, they will have no question about tradition and can clear identify male and female. In the Cinderella story, not only Cinderella is a female, but also her stepmother and two stepsisters are all female. The difference is that she is like a angle, but they are like monster. Through reading this story, the little girls will look forward to their future life.and dream about a prince fulfilling their life. What’s more, they play a subordinate role in their future family and they will think it’s their duty to care for their family.

      From my point of view, I hold the view that female should be like Cinderella who depends on the prince to transform. The female in s new era should rely on themselves rather than others. Cinderella was quite fortunate to meet with the prince, but if she didn’t meet with him, then maybe she still did heavy labor and served for her stepmother and stepsisters. Thus, I think that only the female has great competence can they lead to a happy life without others’ help. The little girls should be taught to be independent and make effort.s rather than dream that the appearance of a prince to help them out. That is not reliable! Looking forward to dreaming is just a wast of time and has no function. Recent female should find a good job and struggle for a good life rather than just would like to marry to a rich husband and live happily ever after. In conclusion, female should rely on themselves and make efforts to succeed.

Smile Spontaneously

Settla(Shen Jiale)
 

Dr.Marquardt
 

ENG 1430 W10
 

April 3rd
 

Word COunt:# 429

Smile Spontaneously

    In Amy Cunningham “Why Women Smile”, She talks about her view about false smile through her own experience and the philosopher’s theoretic support. She holds the view that a woman should smile spontaneously according to how herself feels rather than according to what someone else needed.

    First of all, Amy points out that “hasn’t been serving me well”, because she smiles for whatever the reason rather than smile spontaneously. She realizes that she wears false smile is not appropriate and she wants to change. Then she talks the smile from herself to the whole women in the world. All of them have one in common: What’s on the surface is not what they feel.

     From my perspective, actually, we often wear smile on the face, while we didn’t feel pleasant or happy inside the heart. This is not what we want, however we have no choice. Sometimes I feel unhappy and sad, but I wouldn’t like to make my friends and relatives worry about me. So we have to pretend that I have a good day and wear a false smile to them. In fact, there are exactly a great number of smiles expressing our emotion, such as joy, amusement, relief, sad, etc. Smiles seem to be a blend of nature and nurture. Women smile more than men is a truth. On the one hand, women mature earlier than men. Just like the words in the article “our smiles provide an extremely versatile means of production”, sometimes a smile protects ourselves. On the other hand, women need to protect themselves more because they are more likely to suffer pain.

    It’s magical for people to learn smiles, because no one teaches them and they only learn through watching the parents’ behaviors. Even the blind persons who can’t see how parents smile learn to smile. In fact, sometimes women are force to smile but to have no choice. For an instance, some women work for waitress, the personal assistant or receptionist, the flight attendant, etc. They have to wear smiles all the day because their jobs require a good sevice. Smiles provide an appetency. If they behave their own emotions on their faces, they are more likely to be fired.

    Actually, real smiles have beneficial physiological effects, while false ones do nothing for us at all. However, sometimes we still need to wear false smiles which can’t be controlled by ourselves. If there is no necessity to wear a smile, just present what you feel in your heart. Smile spontaneously for yourself rather than the environment or the society!

Response to the argument

Settla(Shen Jiale)

Dr.Marquardt

ENG 1430 W10

Mar.30th

Word Count:#326

Response To The Argument

       My partner’s argument is the difference between the character’s attitude towards life. In the traditional Cinderella story, Cinderella is passive to change. Cinderella got the happy ending by magic with other’s help. In fact, she did nothing. But in the film, The heroine tried to study hard to get a opportunity. Maybe others gave her help. she tried to change her life by herself. It’s active for her to change because she made much efforts.

       I know what she said is a truth, but in some way I disapprove of her view. Cinderella did do nothing to change, which was a truth. However, she had an intense desire to change, which was essential to her further transformation. If she didn’t want to change, no one could force her to join in the party. Of course, her successful transformation disappeared.  Thus, I think it’s she had no competence to do something rather than she wasn’t willing to change. Her stepmother and her two sisters limited her personal freedom and didn’t provide her with beautiful clothes. She had no opportunity to change, so she had to ask for the pigeons for help.

   However, in the film, no one limited Liz’s personal freedom. Thus, she could do whatever she wants according to her will. Because her mother died when she was 15 years old and her father entered into the shelter, so no relatives took care of her. Also she has plenty of freedom to change her life. The helpers are also indispensable to her change. If they didn’t supply help to her, then she had no chance to change. I hold the view that though her efforts are important, the help from helpers is important as well.

  Consequently, through the analysis of the traditional Cinderella story and the film, the main characters of them are both active to change life. The only difference was that Cinderella had no freedom to change by herself and Liz could.

Cinderella

Shen Jiale (Settla)

Dr.Marquard

ENG1430 W10

Mar.17th

Word Count:#415

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

        Cinderella is a well-known story to us. In addition, there are a great number of films in the world, which is similar to Cinderella story. Personally, I think Cinderella story is a sad story in which a kind character oppressed and ill-treated by villains, transforming from low status to high status through help from a helper and eventually live happily ever after.

       “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story” is a film based on the Cinderella story, but in some way they have different features. Liz was born in the slum in America, whose mother was on the drink, taking drugs and developed schizophrenia. At the age of 15, her mother died of AIDS and her father entered into the shelter. Consequently, she had to beg for money with wandering the corner of the city. The suffering of her life seemed endless. She gradually realized that only going to school can change her fate. She moved the headmaster through her sincere request and strived for the chance to go to school. Then she went to school while she worked for a part-time job. She learned 4-year courses in the high school only in two years.  She strived for scholarship because only full scholarship in the New York News can make her finish college life. At the end of film, she stepped into Harvard Business School.

      The film has some evidences which support that this film is a Cinderella story. First of all, it’s obvious to find the transition in the film. Liz lived in a poor and dirty environment while in the end, she was admitted into Harvard Business School. She transformed form low status to high status. Just like Cinderella. The second point is that Liz was a kind and sensible girl. She was virtuous which reflected in the scene that she looked after her mother when she was ill. What’s more, David and Peter was the helper in the movie. David is her headmaster, who helped her a lot. Not only he provided Liz an opportunity to go to school, but also he explained patiently to herald eventually help her go to Harvard Business School. As for Peter, he is the headmaster of Harvard Business School. In the debate of applying for offer, Liz talked about her family environment and learning experience, eventually moved him. It’s him that sent Liz to Harvard Business School.

Reference:

    Peter Levi, & Ronni Kern, (2003), Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.[DVD]. The United States: Lifetime Television

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Settla(Jiale Shen)          
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Dr.Marquardt
 

ENG1430 W10
 

Due Date:March 6
 

Word Count#350

Summary

      Long long ago, there was a beautiful and kind girl. Unfortunately, her mother died of severe illness. Not long after her mother passed away, her father married a new wife. However, her stepmother was a selfish and cold-blooded woman. In addition, she brought with two beautiful but greedy daughters. The stepmother treated her badly, letting her wear worn-out clothes and eat remaining meals. Furthermore, the little girl had to do a great deal of housework, such as carrying water, washing clothes, setting fire and making meals. Thus, she covered with dust throughout the body.  Because of it, two vicious sisters made fun of her and called her “aschenputtel”.

     One day, the father went to the fair and brought her daughters what they wanted.  She planted the first branch which knocks against her father’s hat on her mother’s grave.  Her tear fell down on it and watered it, soon it became a handsome tree. It attracted the pigeons, which brought what she had wished for.

      The king invited beautiful young girls all over the world to join in a festival which lasted three days in order to choose a bride for his son. The aschenputtel looked forward to joining in, but the stepmother didn’t allow her to. The stepmother merely took part in the party bringing her two daughters who wear superb clothes. In the meanwhile, the stepmother prevented her from joining in the big festival. Then the aschenputtel went to her mother’s grave and prayed for a beautiful dress. The little tree helped her join in the festival. The first two days she succeeded in escaping, but on the third day, her left slipper remained stuck. The prince looked for her through looking for the owner of this slipper.  Her two sisters wanted to cut part of their foot off to wear this slipper so as to cheat the prince. Two pigeons reminded the prince and at the end of story, they pecked out one eye from each of two sisters.

Reference:

The Grimm brothers(April,1884) Household Tales

http://germanstories.vcu.edu/grimm/aschen_dual.html