Santa For An Eight Year Old Girl Analysis

“The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were to tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.” (Seuss).

Children everywhere wish to follow in the footsteps of Peter Pan and never grow up. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is found only within the confines of fiction. In the short story, “To Every Thing There Is a Season”, by Alistair Macleod, the protagonist craves just that, to not grow up. He holds on to his belief in Santa Claus as tightly as he can. Alistair is on the cusp of maturity, and not quite ready to take the leap. The theme in this short story is that while some cling to childhood, there is no escaping growing up. This is revealed through the symbolism of Santa, the character Alistair, and the plot of this story.

The literary school of criticism which best interprets Dr. Seuss’ “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” is the archetypal lens. The poem tells the tale of a Grinch who’s attempt to stop Christmas is relinquished when he is moved by the Christmas spirit of Whoville. Through the usage of character and thematic archetypes, Seuss is able to strengthen the impact of his poem. In the poem, the Grinch is clearly an example of the villain, seen in how “his heart was two sizes too small,” a metaphor for how he lacks empathy and love (Seuss 8). The Grinch’s portrayal as a villain eliminates the reader’s doubts as to why he is attempting to steal Christmas as it is implied that villains will attempt to commit evil.

Fourteen days, four hours, and exactly forty-one minutes till Santa will be traveling around the world making everyone’s next morning full of joy. As I am aware, this is an exciting time year for elves. Many create the toys that will be unwrapped while others have the great pleasure of baking cookies, taking care of Santa’s reindeer, and of course the hardest job of all, working to read different letters from various of children around the world. Figuring that you are currently reading my letter, I know that you probably have piles of letter embroidered with name of the place all kids think about: to the north pole. Inside most of these letters, I know from writing a few myself, that many kids are asking the either one of two questions: “I’m I on the naughty list” or in other letters there are variations of “May I pretty please with a cherry on top get ____ for christmas”. However, today I am not writing about these main topics, I am writing you this to you in hopes that I can be enlightened of the magic of passion and creativity that you are so lucky to be surrounded by everyday. Moreover, you may be pondering this and wonder why I would be asking for a request such as this. I have just finished a semester of a passions within a creativity class and was hoping to share with you what I learned and hope to hear what your perspective may be. So, my current intention throughout the rest of this letter to show you something new

Although the Grinch had expected and looked forward to the cries of Whos, to his shock they responded with happiness. The Whos did not respond with the wanted cries, but instead with a cheerful Christmas carol. Their cheerful response showed that Christmas was not about the material goods but about what Christmas is really all about: And he puzzled three hours, ‘till his puzzler was sore.

Although a sociologist can look at Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch that Stole Christmas in all three of the major theoretical perspectives, the main one expressed is symbolic interactionism. The Grinch that Stole Christmas is a story about a “who” who was not considered to be part of their “whoville” society due to the fact that he not only looked different from the rest of the people, but he acted in different ways than their norms. The story is merely about how the Grinch hates the “whos,” because of how they treated him; until, a little girl named Cindy Lou Who gains a curiosity for the Grinch and wants to give him another chance to be a part of their society. Throughout the story both of the main characters develop a deep connection to each other. Upon viewing the story from a symbolic interaction perspective view, I discovered how the story thematically symbolizes an important part of Christmas by giving people another chance; meanwhile, focusing on the relationship between the main two characters help them regain faith, and while the setting symbolizes their society’s purpose.

On the twelve day of Christmas the big news came to me about Santa the one who puts stuff under the tree. Santa is Santa no matter who is behind the big red and white suit. Why does it matter who is under the suit either they are black, white or have a disability change is yet to come. Everyone sees Santa as a jolly man in red played as a Caucasian actor. The Change has happen when the Mall of America introduced its newly trading of a black Santa. Larry Jefferson known as the “African American Santa” was the only Santa of color at the Santa gathering of 1,000 Santa’s. On Jefferson’s first day a child that sat on his lap asked an amazing question with a remarkable answers that brings diversity and democracy as a whole to understand and get use

In Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, readers explore how the Grinch holds hatred towards Christmas and the Whos who celebrate it in Whoville. Under the lens of psychoanalytic theory, we can interpret the Grinch’s underlying motivation for ruining the Whos’ special holiday by applying the Freudian concepts, such as defense mechanism, unconscious thoughts, id, ego, and superego, etc. Delving into the character’s subconsciousness can provide us with a better insight into how the character’s actions are expressed as a manifestation of his own unconscious desires. The Grinch’s hatred towards Christmas in Whoville can be interpreted through the defense mechanism. The Grinch is furious when he hears the Whos decorating and celebrating.

She makes the case with more people coming together to share their practices in honouring the holiday becomes subverted, moving away from sectarian Christian origins to form a holiday that maintains communal bonds through common celebration. The adoration of the Dutch Santa Claus and the German Christmas tree bring together diverse cultures in the public consciousness, becoming public representations of Christian ideals without having to embody all the religious conditions found within the church. Opening the holiday for celebration from participants not expressing exclusively Christian attitudes, yet subtly reminds the public of the principled Christian nature of the holiday through charity, community, and gift

With the season, sounding the holiday spirit, the movie that I have chosen to analyze a character that depict a personality disorder and, “enduring patterns of experience and behavior that differ greatly from the norm and the expectations of the individual’s social group”, is Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The character’s behavior that I will be examining is the Grinch and the personality disorder that he acquires to exhibit is anti-social personality disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is one of the four disorders consider appearing dramatic, emotional, and unpredictable. As a person with anti-social personality disorder they tend to not care about other people’s feeling showing little remorse, along with aggressive behaviors. Generally, individuals start showing signs of this disorder early on in childhood as early as six years old, and include symptoms of impulsivity, behavioral problems, callous social attitudes, and lack of feeling for others. Antisocial personality disorder implies that the person does not conform to social norms and tend to little or no respect for the law.

This leads into the most important difference between the book and the movie. In the movie it depicts that going to the North Pole to see Santa was all a dream, while in the book it made it all seem real. When children go see this movie, they might think that since the boy is having a dream that Santa must not be real. A lot of research has been done about kids believing in Santa. Gail Vines wrote about “the Santa delusion” from psychologist’s perspectives. According to Gail Vines (2007), children are able to

The song, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” is a very happy and cheerful song that is played during the month of December to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. The history behind it is how two men got their big break and made one of the most played Christmas songs of all time. The song was originally written by John Frederick Coots and composed by Haven Gillespie on October 1933. Gillespie was in charge of expressing his gift of writing children's song lyrics while Coots came up with the tune that caught the attention of young children. The two came up with the song while riding a subway car in New York. The two men had a masterpiece in their hands, but needed someone to produce it. Many artists passed on the song because they didn’t believe the it would hit big on the charts and would be difficult to sell, especially since it was a song for kids. Coots at the time was a writer for Eddie Cantor and tried to persuade him to sing the song live on his radio station. Cantor was undecided on whether to sing it, but his wife eventually convinced him to give the song a chance. He ended up performing it live on November 1934 on his radio station and brought huge publicity to the song. After it was aired on the radio station, the song blew up. People from all over were requesting to hear the song over and over again. It sold over 400,00 copies and 300,00 of those were sold within the first 24 hours. The song made the writers millionaires with hundreds of copies being sold. It

Humans can only hope to observe life’s beauty through the eyes of the child within themselves. As a child, ignorance is bliss, and the unimaginable can be obtained. Children are raised believing that a heavy man slides down a small chimney to deliver presents, and that a bunny on Easter leaves plastic eggs full of chocolate scattered around their front lawns. Boys and Girls since the beginning of time have been brought up on stories of fairytales where the impossible becomes possible. Little girls think that a fairy godmother can make a once maid, a princess. Boys believe that toys can talk and that woody and his friends can beat buzz lightyear. Since the beginning of time, humans have used fanatical stories to counteract the ugly truth and

It can be argued that Christmas as a holiday is far removed from the way it was first envisioned. That said, there are certain element that many people share or celebrate making it an arguably complex holiday. As the preeminent children’s author of his generation, Geisel serving heavily on the minds of his young readers helped shape what Christmas means for many people with his narrative How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Though at the surface the work is a simple morality tale that promotes unity over consumerism, it has subtle nuances that make the work interesting on several

I always thought Santa had to always be played by a boy, but then Erica Goepel played Santa at the Macy’s department store in New York and showed me wrong. During the Christmas shopping season, some people got angry and threatened they would never go back to shop at Macy again because they had women playing Santa! Some women need jobs so badly that they'd play Santa, even though people don't think it's right for a girl to play Santa. My opinion about all of this is that women, could play Santa but they had to be very good at acting like him.