Lennox- The Girl With Many Eyes

The girl who had multiple eyes

A girl with many eyes. Why would someone choose to write about a phenomenon so strange? It was mentioned that she had a mouth as well, and she was indeed pretty. She enjoyed everything any socially normal girl would, but what does she and her many eyes represent? Having multiple eyes gives you multiple perspectives: sort of like security cameras. When many perspectives come together, you get one big view. Tim Burton was seen as strange, yet fascinating child. Maybe he was viewed as if he himself had multiple eyes, but it didn’t stop him from enjoying the normal pleasures in life.

A little girl may seem week, but maybe all of her perspectives made her stronger. Maybe all of her views of the world allowed her to be more open minded and accepting. I believe that Tim Burton has a very open mind. His art for Disney, as seen in Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweenie, was very different from the beautiful princesses and their handsome princes. He selected very different movies to work on; PeeWee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Batman were all very different, but Tim Burton managed to make them all his own through his unique perspective and style.

In the illustration the girl appears to be very strange compared to the boy observing her. He wears a dark striped shirt and has dark hair, but the girl who is the one who appears to physically be the strangest and the most different wears a pink frilly dress with cute pink shoes to go along with her blonde hair and green skin. I know we were told to not read too deep into the story but maybe their appearance was done very on purpose?  We would see the a boy in all dark colors with multiple eyes as very strange, and we would probably immediately relate him to Tim Burton’s alienation as a child. Maybe Tim Burton tried to avert our attention from making such an assumption.

Well I don’t know if I have made any sense with this, but this my blog for the week. Did anyone else think these stories were kind of depressing?

Lennox- Mardi Gras

                                             Looks better than the actual stuff that gets thrown

This Mardi Gras was very fun and eventful. I went to Chaos, Muses, Endymion, Thoths and one other parade this year. I probably would have gone to more if I had the proper transportation. I honestly only went to some due to support family participating and put on a fundraiser. People who are not from New Orleans tend to think it's a time when people get drunk, show breast, and do things that will be regretted in the morning. In some spots of the city, it is exactly like that, but in others, Mardi Gras is a fun family friendly holiday. I like the fun family friendly Mardi Gras. It's a time for me to let loose and forget school work and house work. Mardi Gras is technically a religious holiday down here in New Orleans and Louisiana. Some see as a time to get rid of all their sins before lent. They wear masks in order to do and see the unthinkable. It's Fat Tuesday and they have to do it big. Being surrounded by tourists this year, I kind of don't like some. During Muses, I received an armpit to the face and a push into a float over some sparkly shoes. I was not a happy camper. During Endymion, this family tried to hurt me several times over light up swords that I caught. They were thrown at me and I caught them. Anyway, I think Mardi Gras can truly be enjoyable without the excessive amounts of alcohol and nudity. If your in the right spot with the right friends, you can have a fantastic time. Of course, people have their own ways of fun during this carnival season. What I perceive as fun may be seen as boring. Although Mardi Gras is extremely annoying to me, it's an incredibly fun holiday. Some may not understand its religious relations (I barely understand the religious part myself), but they do understand it's designed for people to let loose. Well, I hope everyone enjoyed their days leading up to Fat Tuesday, and I hope they caught all the little trinkets they could hope for. 

Lennox-Edward's Fairy Tale

Edward's enjoying some of that magical "lemonade"

Edward Scissorhands is very similar to a fairy tale. There’s romance, there’s tragedy, there’s a protagonist, there’s an antagonist and there’s a lesson to be learned, but poor Edward doesn't get your typical Disney fairy tale ending. The beginning of the film starts off with a grandmother telling her granddaughter what sounds like a magical story. Once we’re in the story we see our protagonist, Edward. Now others may disagree with me but Edward was very similar to the princess I grew up watching: Disney Princesses. Like Ariel, Cinderella, and Snow White, Edward loses a parent at an early age and is forced to try and understand the world alone. Edward is also misunderstood by the town’s people just as Cinderella is misunderstood by her step sisters and Ariel is misunderstood by her sisters. Now, I will stop comparing Edward to women. Edward is also similar to the beast in Beauty and the Beast; Edward is seen as a monster; Kim is the beauty; Kim’s boyfriend is Gaston. The sort-of fight seen was similar to the fight seen in Beauty and The Beast. The guy who thinks the Beast is most dangerous fights him and loses the fight and his life. Kim kissed Edward like Belle kissed the beast, but Edward did not miraculously turn into a man like the beast; he remained the same. I also found Edward to be similar to be similar to Peter Pan because he does not age, but the one he loves does. He also reminds me of Pinocchio due to the fact that he was created. Edward did not get the fairy tale ending like Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, The beast and Pinocchio. Edward ended up alone in his own little world. It is not revealed that Edward is too happy or too sad. He does create beautiful ice sculptures and causes it to snow a beautiful snow that Kim still enjoys in her old age. The lesson to be learned here is that people should not judge someone by their outside. Kim is hoping to pass this lesson on her young granddaughter.