Charles Gian, Period 1, 09/26/2023

Charles Gian

Period 1

9/26/2023

Modern Mythology 2024

Literacy & Learning




Write about your thoughts/feelings regarding any of the fiction or nonfiction

covered in class.

    In class on 9/22, we watched a Bluey episode called “Fairytale”, where the

main character Bandit gets “jinxed” and is unable to speak unless his name gets

called. It only finally ends when he does a good gesture for his friend and

someone says his name, breaking him from the curse. I thought that I really

enjoyed this episode, partially because we actually watched a Bluey episode in

class, but the rest because of how this episode exemplified all of the topics that we

were learning in class that day, and also some of the topics of the fairytale unit in

all. Here we follow the hero’s journey, where Bandit encounters an obstacle,

overcomes it, and transforms as a person due to the hardships that he had to face.

This also exemplifies the ideas of modern fairy tales, and also fairy tales in the

past, being used to demonstrate to children the importance of being a good

citizen in society. Fairy tales like these implement good qualities and personality

traits to children when growing up so they can learn from the fairy tale and apply

it to their lives when growing up. Later in life, instead of having those lessons be

implemented from having a talk with their parents, it came from a happy and

funny story which they watched when they were younger.




Reflect on any new information you have learned in English class by considering

how that learning influences your critical perception.

    Rewatching the episode of Bluey really reminded me of the shows I

watched growing up. Growing up, those shows have also shaped me as a person,

whether I like it or not, as my young sponge brain absorbed most of the

information that I was presented with. Because I watched various kid shows at

such a young age, the overall principles of each show were instilled in me.

Although I might have forgotten the exact wording or what specific episode I

learned some information from, the overall message and values from those shows

are still working and fueling my actions. It’s evident that the environment you

grow up in shape you for life, and these kinds of fairy tales are a simple and easy

way to instill good morales and great values in children. This also reminded me

about the set pattern that most fairy tales and stories with a moral follow. Using

the information now at the front of my mind, I can definitely analyze films and

media that I consume now and be able to keep an eye out for any of the

stereotypical tropes or events that happen throughout. No matter what kind of

media it is, it can always be related back to the core elements of storytelling that

are evident in every other piece of media alike it.



How is what you’re learning applied to any other classes/the world around you?

    As stated in the last question, knowing the information allows me to use it

to analyze everyday media that I consume with the same tropes and values that

were present in the Bluey episode we watched in class. Not only that, but seeing

the reason those kinds of shows exist also help shed a light on how we’re affected

by media when we’re growing up. Like I said before, children in their young ages

are extremely impressionable, and many parents are reaching out to kids’ shows

to instill lessons and values in their children without the risk of having the

children learn the lessons for themselves in real life. Although it was always like

this, the accessibility of the content and the fact that we’re all surrounded by such

digital devices makes it much easier for parents to leave their children with an

I-Pad or with the TV running than manually tell them fairy tales from a book or

bring them out to play in a park to learn those values themselves. We always

must have to keep in mind if the values that are being instilled in children are

actually good for them, otherwise if they watch dangerous content when they’re

young and stilll impressionable, it could lead to a much more turbulent future for

the child, and maybe even society in general. Remember, children are our future,

and they will act as they are raised.