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12/08/2015 09:34:03 PM · #51 |
| And all of Aesop's fables... Plus Pilgrim's Progress, Gulliver's Travels, and The World According to Garp :-) |
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12/08/2015 09:47:18 PM · #52 |
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12/08/2015 10:26:57 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
And Dr Seuss! |
No... no! Say it isn't so, Lynn!
*sigh*
They're all against me.
Do you have a link for the explanations of Dr Seuss's works?
(I know the others)
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12/08/2015 10:41:40 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by Lydia:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
And Dr Seuss! |
No... no! Say it isn't so, Lynn!
*sigh*
They're all against me.
Do you have a link for the explanations of Dr Seuss's works?
(I know the others) |
 Look in the notes area ... (probably my favorite "bad" photo ...) |
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12/08/2015 10:46:31 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Lydia:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
And Dr Seuss! |
No... no! Say it isn't so, Lynn!
*sigh*
They're all against me.
Do you have a link for the explanations of Dr Seuss's works?
(I know the others) |
Look in the notes area ... (probably my favorite "bad" photo ...) |
a start I'm not always a fan of wikipedia. The Butter Battle Book was the one I thought of, particularly. |
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12/08/2015 10:47:46 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Lydia:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
And Dr Seuss! |
No... no! Say it isn't so, Lynn!
*sigh*
They're all against me.
Do you have a link for the explanations of Dr Seuss's works?
(I know the others) |
Look in the notes area ... (probably my favorite "bad" photo ...) |
Wow! Thanks, Gen!
I never knew!
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12/09/2015 02:28:29 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by Lydia:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Lydia:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
And Dr Seuss! |
No... no! Say it isn't so, Lynn!
*sigh*
They're all against me.
Do you have a link for the explanations of Dr Seuss's works?
(I know the others) |
Look in the notes area ... (probably my favorite "bad" photo ...) |
Wow! Thanks, Gen!
I never knew! |
Careful going down the allegory rabbit hole. Technically with enough literary criticism every book, movie and story is an allegory. Most of Dr. Seuss is not intentional allegory, unless you consider every children's book that teaches a lesson is allegory. |
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12/09/2015 04:27:00 PM · #58 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
... Most of Dr. Seuss is not intentional allegory, unless you consider every children's book that teaches a lesson is allegory. |
Oh. I was starting to think stories that taught moral/ethical lessons were allegories. For those of us that might be intellectually challenged (me), why wouldn't all children's book that taught a lesson be an allegories? Sorry if it's a dumb question. I am trying here. |
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12/09/2015 05:03:13 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
Originally posted by posthumous:
... Most of Dr. Seuss is not intentional allegory, unless you consider every children's book that teaches a lesson is allegory. |
Oh. I was starting to think stories that taught moral/ethical lessons were allegories. For those of us that might be intellectually challenged (me), why wouldn't all children's book that taught a lesson be an allegories? Sorry if it's a dumb question. I am trying here. |
It's not dumb at all. It's highly debatable.
The story of the fox and the grapes "feels" like an allegory because the fox "stands for" anyone who can't get his way and the grapes "stand for" whatever he couldn't get.
But what if I wrote a children's book about a young boy named Billy who learns that he will get a peanut butter candy if he asks nice? Is that really an allegory? It's something that could happen to anyone on any day. It's utterly mundane.
But if you think about it, all I have to do is change Billy to a fox and suddenly it's an allegory. Huh?? The line is actually rather fuzzy.
So for the sake of this challenge, I would say don't get too literal. Make sure something is standing in for something else. If you take a photo of Billy stealing candy from Sally when he already has one, it won't "feel" like an allegory for greed. But if you put Billy in a ridiculous pile of gold it will "feel" more like an allegory.
And if you put a squirrel in a ridiculous pile of acorns, it will feel EVEN MORE like an allegory.
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12/13/2015 02:46:39 PM · #60 |
| Awesome..........right now I am 100% confident my image will make the top 20. |
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12/13/2015 06:39:33 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
And if you put a squirrel in a ridiculous pile of acorns, it will feel EVEN MORE like an allegory. |
Crap!! Now you give me the idea! It's dark outside. And my squirrels are sleeping. ;(
Message edited by author 2015-12-13 18:39:49. |
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12/14/2015 12:08:21 AM · #62 |
Wow! Great job ya'll!
Message edited by author 2015-12-14 00:09:00. |
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12/14/2015 12:30:44 AM · #63 |
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