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Assignment 1 interveiw
1. Where are your ancestors from?
My Mom’s parents were from Zilinia, Slovakia. My Dad’s father was originally from Germany, and later from upstate Pennsylvania; his mother was born in Hamburg, Germany. My maternal grandparents came from Slovakia to Ellis Island in December, 1930. My paternal grandmother came from Germany to Ellis Island in 1912.
2. What things have you adapted to and learned from your cultural background?
One of the things from my cultural background revolves around our family’s observance of Christmas Eve. The food and ritual are Slovak in nature. Since I can remember, the meal was always meatless; variations of the food have occurred as we got older and as my nephews were born. The meal has always begun with prayer and a blessing. Oplatek, or a wafer, was dipped in honey, and our foreheads were also signed with honey in the shape of a cross. When I was little, Mom used to make a tart mushroom soup with mushrooms and saurkraut. Now, it is canned cream of mushroom soup. We also ate cream of wheat, or farina, that was called “Baby Jesus Farina.” The main course was a white fish; today, it is either flounder or shrimp. We also had sour cream and noodles, which has been replaced with potato pierogies. After the meal, my sister and I would be allowed to open one gift. Now, we open our gifts on Christmas Day. When we were little, we would often then go to Midnight Mass. Today, we go to Mass on Christmas Day.
One of the primary things that I learned was the importance of our Catholic faith; it was and is an essential part of both our culture and our family. In addition, I learned the significance of family and tradition.
3. Do you have any moments in your childhood that helped you learn about your place in society?
Growing up, I learned that I was a beloved child, who could achieve whatever she wanted in life. As the oldest grandchild on my Mom’s side, I knew that I, as a female, was as valued as my younger male cousins. My Mom is a strong woman, who really ruled/managed our household, while working a full-time job outside the house. My sister and I learned to be independent women, who are very successful in our professions and personal lives. Education was of primary importance in our home, a lesson that I pass on daily to my students (I am a Catholic school principal), and my sister and brother-in-law pass this onto their children. Furthermore, emulating our parents, my sister and I have always served and ministered to others.
4. Were there any events that helped influence your view of the world?
A normal everyday event that helped to influence my knowledge and view of the world is the fact that both of my parents read the newspaper and watched the news; they were well-informed of both national and world events. Often, we would watch the news with them. As we got older, we watched the news on our own, as well as reading the newspaper. Relevant to our age, we would also discuss the national and international news.
One particular event that stands out that influenced both my view of the world and of the Catholic Church was attending World Youth Day in Czestochowa, Poland in 1991.
5. How did these events influence your view of the world?
Seeing so many young people from so many different countries made me realize two things: (1) that despite coming from so many countries, cultures, and even continents, people could come together for one purpose and be together in peace and love; and (2) the real meaning of the phrase, “one, catholic, apostolic church.” Over 1.6 million from so many continents and countries, speaking so many different languages were all together, participating in Mass said by Pope John Paul II at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa was sight to behold. Being a part of this made me realize what it means to be a part of the Catholic Church throughout the world. It is bigger than the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
6. Do you have any folklore stories that you were told that helped you relate things from the story to the real world?
Growing up, we were always told stories about our ancestors, particularly our grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles. The lessons that we learned from the stories of these people included the importance of living our Catholic faith, working hard, being kind to others, and being of service to our parish.
7. What would be the most influential story you were told and why?
One story comes to mind immediately. My maternal grandfather, who came to the United States in 1930, speaking only Slovak, learned English at night school and alongside my Mom, as she did her homework. He worked two jobs to provide for his wife and six children, only to die at the young age of 45. Although I never met or knew him, I think of him with great awe and respect because of the legacy and example that he left behind. His children are all kind, compassionate and loving people who are successful in their respective fields and went on to have children who are equally good and successful people. As I think of my sister and me, I am amazed at my grandfather’s legacy. From the man who taught himself English have descended my sister, an Area Director/Investment Development Team member for the federal Economic Development Administration, and myself, a Doctor of Education/Catholic school principal. What an impressive legacy!
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Assignment 3 Post 5
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042332/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)
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Assignment 3 Post 4
Some character that have parallel qualities from the story and movie would be first Cinderella she is described as the same in both very kind and good hearted, but has trouble with her step mother and her step sisters. Another character that would be similar would be the godmother who is there to help guide Cinderella in both the movie and the tale. I believe that these characters transcend through generations because of how well written and how much this story is loved throughout all cultures. For this specific tale i believe that it was just so well written and done that anyone from any type of culture will enjoy this fairy tale and even learn a few things from it.
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Assignment 3 Post 3
Here is a movie review of Cinderella
Disney once again tackles a timeless fairy tale (which begins with a hardbound book opening to a page that reads “Once upon a time in a faraway land…”) to create an unforgettable masterpiece. “Cinderella” is keenly paced, expertly animated – with evident live-action actors serving as reference for the artists, adding striking realism – and sensationally scored. The songs are appropriately inserted, fashioned for singing by characters during poignant moments rather than existing merely in the background, with “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” (which picked up an Oscar nomination) being the most catchy and memorable. The film’s arrival was fortunately timed for Disney, with a debut in 1950 that marked the return of feature-length traditional animation as a well-received, profitable, critically acclaimed medium, and continued to receive theatrical re-releases throughout the years – including a 2012 exhibition timed with the Blu-ray home entertainment release.
A widowed gentleman decides that it’s best for his young daughter Cinderella (Ilene Woods) to have a mother figure in her life – and so marries Lady Tremaine (Eleanor Audley). Tremaine has two daughters around the same age as the gentle Cinderella, though they are contrastingly awkward, vain, ugly girls named Anastasia and Drizella. Upon the death of Cinderella’s father, Lady Tremaine reveals her true nature and cruelly forces the kindhearted, continually singing girl to be a slave in her own house, residing in isolation at the top of a high tower. Her only friends are chirpy birds (not unlike Snow White) and a swarm of benevolent mice (not too dissimilar from the Seven Dwarfs), many personally rescued by Cinderella from mousetraps, and all peculiarly wearing miniscule human clothes constructed by Cinderella herself.
As the days wear on, with the unfortunate bondwoman tending to farm chores, the feeding of the domesticated animals, and cleaning of the castle-like mansion, the mischievous mice do battle with the portly feline Lucifer (a lengthy familiarizing that plays out like a Tom and Jerry cartoon, followed later by further cat-and-mouse skits), and the nearby King (Luis Van Rooten) grows tired of his son delaying the choosing of a bride. He arranges for a grand ball to be thrown in the Prince’s honor, where he can invite every eligible maiden in the land, hoping to pressure the boy into making a decision. His Majesty is aided by the Grand Duke, each frequently engaging in comedic routines, made funnier by the fact that Van Rooten performed the voices of both.
When an invitation from the palace makes its way to Tremaine’s household, Cinderella insists that the royal command applies to her as well. The wicked stepmother plots to stonewall her with chores to prevent her from attending, all the while readying her own daughters for display. Even when the mice gather discarded garments to sew a dress for Cinderella to wear at the last minute, Tremaine again intervenes. Only a miracle by a fairy godmother (Verna Felton) can save the day…
The story itself is remarkably powerful, adapted from the original classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault and given the softened, romanticized Disney touch. It’s effective, chimerical, and dreamy, with compassionate, relatable heroes; dastardly antagonists that get many, many moments to disrupt Cinderella’s happiness (Disney insisted that she never be anything but completely sympathetic); and a heartwarming, climactic, monumental conclusion. It’s one of the studio’s finest “happily ever after” productions and a stunning achievement in feature-length animation. Not uncommon for such a benchmark production, “Cinderella” spawned two sequels, which, extraordinarily, elaborated on the characters that some critics felt were underdeveloped.
– Mike Massie
This review shows that the film does have a influence on its audience. Some of the elements discussed in this review of the movie would be how remarkable and well it was adapted from the original fairy tale. “The story itself is remarkably powerful, adapted from the original classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault and given the softened, romanticized Disney touch. It’s effective, chimerical, and dreamy, with compassionate, relatable heroes; dastardly antagonists that get many, many moments to disrupt Cinderella’s happiness (Disney insisted that she never be anything but completely sympathetic); and a heartwarming, climactic, monumental conclusion. It’s one of the studio’s finest “happily ever after” productions and a stunning achievement in feature-length animation. Not uncommon for such a benchmark production.” This being said is very important to see because i agree with this review that the movie did a great job transitioning from the original fairy-tale.
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Assignment 3- Post 2
When looking at the movie Cinderella there are a lot of different variations for it depending on what culture you are looking at. The story that i looked up and read was the Charlie Perrault story from France which was known as The little Glass Slipper. The similarities are very obvious when looking at the movie and the tale but for the most part what stands out is the basic plot of her mother passing away, then her dad remarry and when he passes away the stepmother and step sisters try to make her their servant.
“He had Cinderella sit down, and, putting the slipper to her foot, he found that it went on very easily, fitting her as if it had been made of wax. Her two sisters were greatly astonished, but then even more so, when Cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper, and put it on her other foot. Then in came her godmother and touched her wand to Cinderella's clothes, making them richer and more magnificent than any of those she had worn before.”(Charles Perrault) When looking at the way the folktale ended if you go and look at the movie you can see that they are very very similar.
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Assignment 3
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The movie i chose to go with would be the tale of Cinderella. The origins of this movie would go back to 1697 from Charles Perrault’s folk tale Grimm’s Fairy Tails. The director of this film was Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson. It was released on March 4 1950 in the US. The director was also apart of a few other movies such as Sleeping Beauty, 101 dalmatians and Alice in Wonderland.
The movies plot was very well written and was very easy to follow as a kid watching this movie. The plot was very simple. In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, led by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.(imdb.com)
Some valuables that motivates her would be the glass slipper and also her friends the mice and the birds who help her throughout the story. Some that would restrict her would be her eveil stepmother and her step sisters always being mean and trying to make her their servant.
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Part 2
This event impacted both the Lakota tribe and Native Americans as a whole. In an inquiry after the Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, as it came to be known, the event was described as an example of the “utter disregard of the US toward its treaty responsibilities, its duplicity, and its cruelty toward Native people.” This inquiry also stated that the United States was to compensate the Lakota $20,000.00 for property stolen from the killing field by artifact seekers. This was not done. In conclusion, as stated on the Indian Country Today website, this event at Wounded Knee Creek “remains a revered symbol of colonial repression and Native resistance for indigenous people throughout the world.”
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Historic or Contemporary Event’s Impact post 1
The Battle at Wounded Knee Creek was the last major military operation by the United States in its long struggle to subdue the Native American populations of North America. The final blow was struck on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek when up to 300 Lakota men, women, and children died in this massacre.
As a result of several notable treaties between the United States and various Indian tribes—the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the Agreement of 1876, and the Agreement of 1887—the Seven Fires or the Lakota found themselves compressed into smaller areas. In a short span of time, men, women, and children were massacred.
On December 28, 1890, the Lakota were physically spent and hungry, so they set up camp. Their dying leader, Big Foot, was placed in a tent, and the United States General Whitside sent for an army surgeon to tend to him. The Lakota were completely surrounded. Indian scouts were near Big Foot’s tent; the cavalry was 100 yards northeast of the main Indian camp; Hotchkiss guns overlooked the camp; sentinels encircled the entire Lakota camp, with no way out. The United States troops wanted to ensure that no Lakota would escape from the camp.
During this time, Colonel James W. Forsyth and the rest of the 7th cavalry arrived with even more guns. This gave the cavalry 500 plus men against Big Foot’s 350-400 people, only 120 of whom were men. It was also widely reported that Big Foot surrendered to Whitside at this time.
The morning of December 29, 1890 found a Lakota camp that appeared to be peaceful and happy. This was disturbed by bloodshed, as related by a Lakota, Louise Weasel Bear, “They [the soldiers] searched our tents and wagons and the women. They took our knives and axes. After this they killed us and our children. We tried to run but they shot us like we were buffalo.”
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Native American folktale post
Many Native American values and beliefs are evident throughout this folktale. Above all, the sacredness of human life is a key factor, as seen when the humans are punished when they abuse the smaller creatures, who only want to help and protect them. Every part of creation is valued and sacred. Another value/belief is the kinship or relationship among all things. Everything is interrelated, whether human, plant, or animal. Everything is a part of Mother Earth. In connection with this value is that of respect by living in the right way. It is only to those who have good hearts that the spirit animal will appear and help. There is also a strong sense of generosity with the Native Americans, as they give even their last crumb to others in need. The smaller creatures, in this story, gave their all, even their own lives, for the humans. By focusing on these values, as a starting point, contemporary readers can become aware of and even understand the Native American Experience.
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Native American Folktale post 1
One Native American folktale is that of Grandmother’s Creation Story, by Muskeke Iskwew. Like many other tribes and ethnic groups, the Creek Indians have their own creation story.
As the story begins, the Creator had created the perfect world of oceans, mountains, plants, and trees. Surveying what was created, the Creator wanted something to enjoy what she created; therefore, she made animals, birds, creepers, and fish. She was pleased with the balance and harmony reflected in the world. However, the creatures were unhappy, as they felt that they had no purpose. Because the Creator wanted them to be happy, she made smaller and weaker creatures, man and woman. Now, the other creatures had a purpose: to take care of the humans; to teach them how to find food and shelter; to show them healing herbs.
All was well until the humans became greedy and bossed the others around. Eventually, their greed caused them to kill their animal brothers. The Creator took them to their spiritual home, leaving the humans to fend for themselves, until they learned their lesson.
Because the creatures were good, compassionate, and sympathetic, they begged the Creator to allow them to return. The Creator granted their desire, but with several restrictions: (1) they were not allowed to speak to, guide, or protect the humans; (2) they were made to fear humans. Instead of these creatures, the Creator made a spirit animal to represent each of them, with each having one gift to use. Humans must lead good lives and ask their spirit animal to guide and protect them. The spirit animals will come only to those humans who have good hearts.
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Native American Post 3
For many years, Sitting Bull gained some notoriety in the spiritual realm. Many people sought his guidance as he talked of visions that were given to him, as a result of Sundances and Vision-Quests. In these the Wakan Tanka, or the Everywhere Spirit, gave him visions, many of which were said to come true.
Sitting Bull was not a part of the Fort Laramie Treaty, which stipulated that Indian tribes would live on certain areas, or reservations. Point blank, he refused to live on a reservation. He and others like him became known as “non-treaty Indians.”
For many years, Sitting Bull made his living by charging white people to have their pictures taken with him. For several years, he even traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody and his entourage. Standing Rock Agent Jimmy McLaughlin put a stop to this, however. It was on July 20, 1881 that Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort Buford.
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Native American post 2
It was also at the age of 14, that he experienced an event that affected the rest of his life. It was then that he was given his father’s name and became known as Tatanka—Iyotanka (Sitting Bull). From that time onward, he became a member of two societies: the Kit Fox Warrior Society and the Legendary Midnight Strong Heart Society. As a member of the latter society, Sitting Bull became one of the Sash Wearers, and subsequently he became the leader of the entire society.
While other people and tribes were socializing or working with Americans, Sitting Bull avoided contact with them. He once stated, “I have seen nothing that the white man has…which is as good as our right to roam and live on open plains as we choose.” Furthermore, he avoided white settlements and forts until the 1880’s.
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The Native American Experience
Native American Biography post 1
Sitting Bull was born to a prominent Hunkpapa Lakota family between the years 1831—1837. He was born in the area where the Grand and Missouri Rivers joined; this is present day South Dakota. His father and two of his uncles were tribal chiefs.
As a young child, Sitting Bull played the traditional games and contests that the other boys in his tribe did. These games tested agility, stamina, intelligence, and bravery. Sitting Bull surpassed the abilities of the other boys, as he killed his first buffalo at the age of 10. According to the United States Department of the Interior, at the age of 14, he earned his first coup in the proximity of his enemy. This resulted in him being recognized for exhibiting the “four cardinal Lakota virtues of bravery, fortitude, generosity, and wisdom.”
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Directly quote Dr. Eastman's discussion of Native American values and the changes to the Sun Dance and then discuss and interpret his statements.
The sun Dance” of the Plains Indians, the most important of their public ceremonials, was abused and perverted until it became a horrible exhibition of barbarism, and was eventually prohibited by the Government. This was a was to make an offering to the sun but it was very extreme Usually lasted 6 months to a year included a feast and then “ The dancer was cut or scarified on the chest, sufficient to draw blood and cause pain, the natural accompaniments of his figurative death. He took his position opposite the singers, facing the pole, and dragging the skull by leather thongs which were merely fastened about his shoulders. During a later period, incisions were made in the breast or back, sometimes both, through which wooden skewers were drawn, and secured by lariats to the pole or to the skulls. Thus he danced without intermission for a day and a night, or even longer, ever gazing at the sun in the daytime, and blowing from time to time a sacred whistle made from the bone of a goose’s wing.” After reading these statments about what the sun dance is and was i interpret this as something that was very cruel but it was common for them to do this as a thanks offering or confession.
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Soul Of The Indian.
How does Dr. Eastman maintain his cultural values?
Eastman did not view Indian cultures with disdain but took pride in his Indianness. His writings frequently demonstrated the
superiority of Indian ways to the practices of the dominant culture. He also kept in touch with it by writing his own books about his childhood and the life he lived.
Discuss what he thinks of Euro-American contact and its influence on the Plains Indians/Native Americans.
The euro american contact helped him to become a doctor and was considered one of the first Native Americans to be certified as a European style doctor. He also used the European influence when he wrote some of his writings.
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interview questions
1. Where are your ancestors from?
2. What things have you adapted to and learned from your cultural background?
3. Do you have any moments in your child hood that helped you learn about your place in society?
4. Were there any events that helped influence your view of the world?
5. How did these events influence your view on the world?
6. Do you have any folklore stories that were told to you that helped you relate things from the story to the real world?
7. What would be the most influential story you were told and why?
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