Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, The Lorax t.v. show,
Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Assignment, you may use one or more the followin" rel="nofollow">ing texts, to complete the followin" rel="nofollow">ing prompt below: Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, The Lorax t.v. show, Andersen’s Little Mermaid, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Miyazaki’s Ponyo, Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in" rel="nofollow">in Wonderland, Disney’s Alice in" rel="nofollow">in Wonderland, Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and/or the Wizard of Oz film.Aside from The Lorax, all the texts read/watched. It is feature young or adolescent girls as the main" rel="nofollow">in protagonist. Compare/contrast the representation of the young female protagonist in" rel="nofollow">in one text from each category (a/b/c): a) the nameless little mermaid, Ariel, or Ponyo, b) Carroll’s Alice or Disney’s Alice, and c) Baum’s Dorothy Gale or MGM’s Dorothy Gale. Be sure to make a clear claim about the message each text communicates via the main" rel="nofollow">in protagonist’s journey and support your claims about the book/film with textual evidence (i.e., direct references to the film and direct quotes from written texts). You must use at least 3 direct quotes / film references and in" rel="nofollow">include a Works Cited page in" rel="nofollow">in MLA style.
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