10/29/09

Thinking paper

I understand what Bruno Bettelheim is saying, and I agree with that in some fairy tales, like Peter Pan because I was adopted, and I believe everyone deserves a neverland.
I believe that fairy tales can be therapeutic, because we normally read them to children when they are young to calm them down for bedtime, and as well as criminals in jail, they read them to calm down too. You might be able to tell a lot of personal characteristics about yourself and other depending on the favorite fairy tale.
Depending on the fairy tale, you can reveal inner truths about you, and your inner self. They can be revealed in any matters of way, through Peter Pan by wanting to be little and safe, and never grow up, or by being like Snow White, taking care of everyone. As I will be using Peter Pan as the fairy tale I refer to most, seeing as its my favorite.
I have many inner conflicts, like the surprise of being adopted, and my birth mother dying, and of how I never knew, many other things like my sexuality, and most likely I haven’t discovered any others yet.
Only in Peter Pan do I see anything of being adopted. I see no comparison to even discovering yourself and what you believe in.
I believe that there should be a more cultural variety of fairy tales, which would make it easier for most people to connect with.

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