4th summary

Summary
According to Elizabeth Bell in this book “From Mouse to Mermaid” (Elizabeth Bell, Chapter Ten, 1995), the author discussed masculinity and “Beauty and the Beast.” First, Bell talked about male heroes in the movies from 1980’s and 1990’s. The writer observed that the norm of hero characteristics was not always the same in each movie because starting in the 90’s, Hollywood tried to make males more sensitive and have feelings. In addition, Bell described that this includes the Disney movie too because the audience can notice the Beast changing his violent personality to be more calm and sensitive. The author clamed, however, the “clumsy” (Elizabeth Bell, p 169, 1995) beast is just changed because of a beautiful girl “Belle.” Also, Bell observed that the Beast represents “a stereotyped image of masculinity” (Elizabeth Bell, p 170, 1995) as hunting, drinking, and male bonding before he becomes a beast. Finally, Bell concluded that the Beast finally changes to a prince when he is twenty-one which states that many boys act like beasts until they reach the age 21 years old.




Analysis

In Beauty and the Beast, they show the beast to represent a very ferocious male character that is being insensitive. He is rude, violent, and strong, but he becomes a gentle prince at the ending. I think this may give young audience viewers the wrong impression, too. Some boys will believe it is acceptable to behave like Beast, and when they become adults it will be natural for them to act like a gentle human being again. This is obviously false, and may be very bad for society. Girls who may imitate Belle and fall for violent and insensitive boys think that one day the boy will become a prince and everything will create happy endings.

Summary-Third

According to Elizabeth Bell in this book “From Mouse to Mermaid” (Elizabeth Bell, 1995), the author described Disney movie Bambi and gender stereotypes which are included in that. Bell stated that the movie also shows Bambi’s father as “the Prince of the Forest” ” (Bell, p140, 1995) which is “The Great Stag” (Bell, p140, 1995) and he has power above the other animals. The writer observed that the male leader is illustrated to be strong, smart, and to have ability to command everything. On the other hand, Bell claimed females are presented to obey their husbands and have the main purpose of mating to produce new children. Bell stated that when hunters kill a female animal, the film wants children to know that it is nature, and it is usual. In addition, Bell described this can be translated to be meaning that maybe it is normal to have female victim because it is ‘natural’ (Bell, p144, 1995). Bell observed Bambi must become the hero at the end of the movie because the role is expected for his gender and the audiences slowly are educated by subtle stereotypes.



Analysis
After reading the chapters, I got a new outlook on Disney movies. Both of them were talking about the male characters in their movie and how they are very stereotypical. First of all, in Bambi, they displayed the male deer as part of a type of military force like it was necessary and appreciated in the forest. Children who watch this show will keep these thoughts in their mind that they should be tough like the deer when they grow older and that they should be a hero in difficult situations. For example, Bambi had to rescue other animals and his wife in the forest fire. These are good things, but children do not know how to be realistic and can easily imitate. Disney is enforcing a definition for being ‘manly’. Overall, I believe the messages that Disney gives audiences are not always great. Some people know about realism, but most people don’t and they do not realize that the stereotypes are actually learned from watching the movies.

second summary

According to Elizabeth Bell in this book “From Mouse To Mermaid”, The author described the topic of female figures in Disney films and how they were created at first. Bell stated the people who animate and draw the pictures of the heroines created the standard of how beautiful women should be such as Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, etc. seem to be young females with ideal height and weight, but the villains such as Snow White’s stepmother and Ursula are more like “middle-aged” females and they are old, fat, and gentle women. (Bell, p108) Bell observed that when Disney first created movies, they got inspiration from classical ballet dancers, so that is one of the reasons why there are soft singing and dancing in their movies. The writer claimed that Disney has given a definition to young audience of the wonderful dream of being princesses and is a great goal. Also, Bell stated that the villains of the movies always have dark music in background, and Disney artists draw them to have same effect of animals such as wolves, and bats to give fear. The author concluded Disney makes middle-age females have a stereotype that society does not welcome them and they are isolated people.

Summary

According to Judi Vance in her book “Beauty to Die For”, cosmetic products are not only good for our skin. The writer sated that the common products which consumers use include: moisturizer, foundation, blush, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner and lipsticks. Vance described many products in the market are selling skin moisturizer substances and it claims to get rid of wrinkles. However, the author reported some chemicals that are put into the products are not safe and they actually do something harmful to skin to make the appearance of unwrinkled skin. She observed that women are not aware of the damage possibility from ingredients such as “petrolatum, mineral oil, isopropyl myristate, trietholamine, glycerin and propylene glycol” (Judi Vance, 2000, p20). The writer also stated it is possible for any makeup to have similar damage to the face of women because they include many of same ingredients as moisturizers. In this book, Vance claimed that foundation prevents skin from breathing, lipsticks contain chemicals that cause cancer, and blushes are really harmful for health. In addition, she said that mascaras and eyeliners can be really dangerous because they are used close to eyes which are very sensitive. In other words, the author concluded almost any product that is put on the face and improve looks may contain ingredients that may damage people’s health.

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This is Janice.
I am from South Korea.
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I have been in toronoto for 8 months.
I like Canada and at the same time, i miss my country and family.