The Little Mermaid Original VS The Little Mermaid Movie

Today I read Hans Christian Andersen's, The Little Mermaid. Since I have seen the movie MILLIONS of times, I didn't have to watch it all over again. What I did was:

1. Read the original version.
2. Compare the two versions.

That doesn't seem like a lot, but the story was long. I'm sure it was one of the longest in the book!! It was also hard to understand, so I re-read it. That added to the time it took!
One of the things that was different with the movie is that the little mermaid (she doesn't actually have a name in the real version) gets married to the prince. In the real tale, she dies. And she doesn't marry the prince. Someone else does. =( Sad, right? ='(  Another difference is that in the original, the little mermaid does not have animal friends that talk to her and lead her on her way.  And in the tale, when the little mermaid gets her legs, her feet feel like sharp knives are digging into them and her feet bleed. Obviously that doesn't happen in the Disney movie!!

It is much better, though. It has much more detail. For example, in the Andersen version, we learn much more about each of the sister's, whereas in the Disney version those characters are not developed at all. I don't want to tell you too many details because you should read it!

Here is a picture of the cover of my book. It has a baby sitting on a lily pad and a stork (or is it a heron?) standing on one leg next to the baby.
Thanks! I hope you read the book, and have a different idea about the movie.

♥ Purple Pixie ♥

Another Absract Drawing

This week for art, we did another abstract drawing. We did one last week, but I didn't post about that one. Anyway, we did the abstract drawing inspired by an artist (who died before WWII) named Paul Klee. As I said, he is an abstract artist, but also known as an expressionist.

Here are my pictures from this week and last week.