Disney portrays there fairytales with a “happily ever after” in the end. The main fairytales like Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the Little Mermaid are all about them trying to find their “perfect guy” or in other words their “prince”. Disney movies have been getting little girls hopes up about finding the perfect guy for years now. Somethings that are also common in all these fairytales include some magic, a symbol of something important and a villain/hero.

When reading Snow White there were aspects of the story that were the same as the Disney version but there were also aspects that were different. One of the differences included the evil witch starting out as good. When the girl turned 7 was when the witch became jealous of Snow Whites fairness. This is when the evil witch started to become like the Disney version. She was on a mission to have Snow White dead. Another aspect of the story that was different was that the dwarfs didn’t play such a big role in the book as they did in the movie. In the movie they all had names that described them while in the story they were barely mentioned. Lastly the evil witch was invited to the wedding in the book while in the movie she wasn’t. All the differences were what surprised me in the story because I am used to the Disney version of all the fairytales. Its cool being able to read all these different versions of each fairytale and seeing just how something little can change the whole story.

The theme I got out of the story of Snow White was that evil will always be punished and true love will prevail. The witches mission was to kill Snow White so that she could be the fairest in the land but in the end she loses. Snow White ends up living through all the witches’ attempts at killing her and she even finds her own prince charming. Snow White got her “happily ever after” showing that true love will prevail.

He didn’t have an actual bluebeard

He didn’t leave a trail of ashes

There wasn’t bird

There wasn’t a suitor

She didn’t have a dream

And she didn’t have a ring

Hi my name is Megan Olson! I am a 3^rd year student at Chico State. I am a liberal studies major with a child development minor. Once I’m done with school I hope to become a first grade teacher.  Before coming to Chico I lived in a small town in the Bay Area called Brentwood. I have one younger sister and her name is Ashley. One of the things I miss most about home is my dog Cody.

Being a reader to me means that you aren’t reading because you have to but you are reading because you want to. You are always given things to read in school but you read those things because it is an assignment that you have to do. But the reading you do outside of school is what makes you a reader.

I just recently got into reading outside of school. I used to hate reading and would only do it if it was needed for a class. After having to read the Hunger games my freshman year of college I realized that reading wasn’t so bad when I found something I actually like to read. Since then I have found books that I really enjoy and some I have finished in just a couple days because they were so good and I couldn’t put them down. I wouldn’t say my outside reading connects with my school reading but it has helped me want to actually read articles and books for my classes.

I remember reading this article in my English 333 class last semester. Last semester we were told to come up with a metaphor that describes our school life. I said it was like a coach and his players. The coach is there to teach us and show us right from wrong. The coach or teachers are going to be the ones to help decide whether we like something or not. If you have a coach that is always yelling and just telling you what to do you wont enjoy the sport you are doing. The same goes for a teacher. If your teacher is just there to tell you what to do and not help guide you to succeed you may not enjoy what you are being taught. I think what Williams is trying to get out of this article is that we as future teachers have the responsibility to get kids engaged in reading and writing. The more interesting and fun we make it in the classroom the more kids are going to enjoy it.