Week 1 (28-1)

I took this class because I really like fairy tales. As a child, my mother and I would watch HBO "Happily Ever After" and it gave me a reason to look forward to Saturday mornings. I think my favorite fairy tale would be Beauty and the Beast or Princess and the Frog because they both highlight the fact that love is not always found in the most physically attractive people. I enjoy these fairy tales more than the others because the concept that personality or a spiritual connection being the most important factor in relationships has a more realistic and reasonable tone that young girls can hope for.

I am hoping that this course will help me to analyze the implicit ways that women and minorities are portrayed in fairy tales. Being that I fit both marginalized populations, I am especially intrigued to learn more on the way that other cultures view the two social identities. Furthermore, being that I want to work as a school social worker, I would love to use some of the messages and maybe some of the motifs as a mean to encourage disadvantaged youth to keep dreaming, and working, for better days. (200)