Handsome Inside and Out!

Who could ever learn to love a beast?

  
The fairytale begins on a cold, stormy night, an old woman begs and offers the Prince a rose. When the Prince selfishly tells her to go away the beggar magically changes into a beautiful enchantress. She cast a spell on him, turning the Prince into a hideous beast and his servants into objects. The spell would only be broken if he could learn to love another and earn that person's love in return before the last petal fell off the enchanted rose. An inventor's daughter named Belle lived in a small village, not too far from the Beast's castle. Everyone in town thought Belle and her father, Maurice, were strange except the handsome hunter Gaston. He intended to marry Belle but she was not interested because he was conceited and selfish. One day Maurice sets off to the fair to try to win first prize for his newest invention. Unfortunately, he gets lost along the way and separated from his horse. Looking for help, he wanders into the Beast's enchanted castle. The Beast soon discovers Maurice and takes him prisoner. When her father's horse returns home alone, Belle knew something was wrong. She sets off to find her father and soon she also wanders into the Beast's castle.  She finds him locked away and begs the Beast to let her switch places with her father. The Beast agrees and tells her "But you must promise to stay here forever." In time, Belle and the Beast became friends. One day, Gaston and the villagers break into the enchanted castle to kill the hideous Beast. They were surprised to find the enchanted objects in the castle defending their master and their home.  Gaston and the Beast fight. Gaston falls off the castle roof, but not before badly injuring the Beast. Belle finds the Beast lying on the floor dying. While crying she confesses her love for the Beast. The Beast and the enchanted objects magically transform back into their human forms. Belle and her prince danced together, knowing that they would both live happily ever after.

Traditional stories are characterized by many of the same elements found in fiction, but these elements typically possess unique qualities that help distinguish the two genres from another. "The Beauty and the Beast" is a fairytale with a predictable plot and vague setting. The story starts with "Once upon a time" and is concluded with the phrase, "live happily ever after." The characters are symbolic; Belle is all good and Gaston is all evil. The Prince was selfish at the beginning of the story but love had restored kindness to his heart. The motifs in the text are magic, journeys, and transformations. The enchantress uses magic to cast a spell that turns the Prince into a hideous beast and his servants into objects. Belle's love transforms the Beast back into a Prince and his servants back into their human form. The old woman beggar transforms into a beautiful enchantress when the Prince turns her away. The Beast has a magic mirror that allows him to see whoever he wants when he looks in the mirror. He also has an enchanted rose that cannot be touched. The fairytale also includes journeys. Maurice travels to the fair but gets lost along the way and becomes the Beast's prisoner. Belle sets off to find her father. Gaston and the villagers journey to the enchanted castle to find and kill the hideous beast. The enchantress possesses supernatural powers such as the ability to cast spells and transform people or things. "Beauty and the Beast" is great to use for traditional literature because it is considered fantasy.

BUZZ! BANG! SHHHHHHHHHHHH!

"Let's have one day for girls and boyses 

When you can make the grandest noises"

If there was one day to make noises, how would you make the grandest noise? Would you "Toot a whistle, kick a can, Bang a spoon against a pan?" "Noise Day" is one of the many poems in FALLING UP by Shel Silverstein. The poem is about all the grandest noises girls and boys can make for "One day a year do all of these, The rest of the days-be quiet please." "Noise Day" incorporates elements of sound  like rhythm, onomatopoeia, and rhyme schemes to highlight storytelling though using vivid and auditory words. The rhyme scheme is a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d,e,e,f,f,g,g,h,h,i,i,j,j,k,k.

"Use a drill, drive a nail,

Turn the hose on the garbage pail,

Shout Yahoo-Hurrah-Hooray,

Turn up the music all the way,"

There are numerous examples of onomatopoeia in the poem like "Screech, buzz, clang, yahoo, hurrah, hooray." Rhythm is the heartbeat of the poem. The words and lines are organized so that the rhythm pushes the poem forward. Yell, scream, sing, and whistle are the noises we'd make if given an entire day to make the grandest noise!