Some books that
you read when you were a child probably had a lasting impact on you. Your task
is to analyze children’s books armed with your new sociological knowledge. Read a few children's books and answer the following questions in paragraph form. Your answer should be free from spelling & grammatical errors. Your paragraph should be no more than 10 sentences long. You do not have to comment on each others' posts, however, feel free to do so. Your blog is due on Friday, November 8th at 3pm and is worth 15 points.
a.
What was the socializing message of your books?
What lesson(s) did your books teach? (please include the names of your books)
b.
Are there any values in your books? Do you agree
or disagree with those values?
c.
What ethnic groups, if any, are portrayed in the
books? How are they portrayed?
d.
Is there any violence in the books? What is YOUR
definition of violence?
e. Are there any other concepts from the chapter
presented in the books (resocialization, anticipatory socialization,
looking-glass self, and so forth)
f.
How are genders portrayed in your book? Do males
and females take on traditional roles? (Does mom stay at home and dad work in
an office?) Or are more modern (less traditional) roles portrayed?
g. Would you read these books to your children in the future? Why or why not?
h. Do you think that the messages in these books will still be relevant in 10-15 years? Why or why not?
During the class period I read the following four books; Llama Llama Misses Mama, Chrysanthemum, The Very Cranky Bear, and I'm a Big Sister. In the Llama Llama misses Mama lesson is going to school, learning, also picking up after yourself, while the value of the story is education. There are different ethnics in this book, this portrays that when you go to school theirs going to be different groups of people but everyone is equal. In Chrysanthemum the lesson was to be who you are, not what others want you to be, while values are moral orientation. The ethnicity in this book are mice, even though they all look the same they’re different colors, such as, white, grey, and brown. The lesson in The Very Cranky Bear is to not single others out because of their looks, while the value could be individual personality. The ethnicity of this book goes along with Llama Llama misses Mama because there is a zebra, sheep and lion. The last book I read was I’m a Big Sister. In this book the message was about being unique and a value could be unconditional love. There was white ethnicity in this entire book, this portray a dominate, white community. Llama Llama Misses Mama is a modern story they don’t mention a father figure. Also, The Very Cranky Bear, is a modern story the animals are on their own and don’t talk about either of their parents. Chrysanthemum and I’m a Big Sister, is traditional, in these stories they have both of their parents. All four of these stories don’t have violence in them. Also, I would read all of these stories to my kids in the future. I would read them these stories because they show they should have fun while they can, also because they show it doesn’t matter what other people say about you, it’s only about what you think. I believe all these stories would be relevant in ten- fifteen years.
ReplyDeleteI think it will be relevent in ten-fiftenn years because people will still be reading books to their children to teach them lessons on life. Also, because these books are enjoyable.
DeleteThe four children's books I read during class were Barak Obama Of Thee I Sing A Letter to My Daughter, Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, The Very Cranky Bear and Chrysanthemum. Even though they were 4 very different books, they were all very similar in the message they sent to the reader. The lessons learned in these stories were that America is a very diverse place and that every person has a unique gift in which we need to build upon to make for a better tomorrow. The values in these books were acceptance, patience and individuality. To me, violence is when you intend to hurt or damage something. In these books, there wasn't ever a real intent to hurt somebody but things did come across as "mean" at times, which could be perceived as violence. In all the books, both genders were displayed and many different types of ethnic groups were shown, whether it was shown by different types of people or by different types of animals. In the future, I feel like these books will still be relevant, so I will more than likely still read these books 10 to 15 years from now.
ReplyDeleteThe four children books that I read were: “The Very Cranky Bear”, “Barack Obama of thee I sing a letter to my daughters”, “Llama Llama Misses Mama”, and “I’m a Big Sister.” The message of the book, “The Very Cranky Bear” is that you should not change yourself if you don’t fit in because everyone fits in somewhere. The value of this book was that you don’t need to change someone to make them happy and I do agree with this value because it is important to be yourself. Genders are not portrayed in this book. The message of the book, “Barack Obama of thee I sing a letter to my daughters” is that America is made up of all different people, which none of them are the same and all of them are unique individuals. The value of this book is that you need to accept people for who they are no matter what their religion or ethnicity. I agree with this value because I feel it is important to accept people for whom they are and not based on their religion or anything else. Gender roles were not portrayed in this book. The message of the book, ‘Llama Llama Misses Mama” is that you need to be open to try new things because you won’t know if you like it until you try it. The value of this book is that education is important. I agree with this value because you need to have some education in order to get a job in the future. There was all different ethnicities were portrayed but different kinds of animals and gender were not portrayed. The message of the book, “I’m a Big Sister” is that even though there will be an addition to the family there will still be enough love for everyone. The value is that everyone is unique and no one can be replaced. I agree with this value because it’s important that kids who are getting a younger sibling need to know that they will always be loved and never replaced. Gender and ethnicity was not portrayed in this book. To me none of these books had violence in them because violence to me is when someone physically gets hurt. I would read all of these books to my kids in the future because they all have god values behind them. Yes, the messages in the books will still be relevant in 10-15 years because these messages were relevant 10 years ago, today, and will continue to be relevant.
ReplyDeleteThe four children’s books I read were A Very Brave Witch, Dog in Boots, The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big Big Dark, and I’m a Big Sister. These books were very different: they had different characters and different plots. Although they do have their differences they have similar meanings. The lessons these books taught was that we all are different and we should be ourselves and not anyone else. They values the books educated readers with are individuality and being your own person. Only one of my books could portray different races, which was in A Very Brave Witch. There were the white people then there was the witches that could be portrayed as a different race and the witches were afraid of the regular white people. In a couple of the books there was conflict and some tension between people, but to me violence means bringing harm to people, therefore, I do not think there was any violence in the books. In a lot of the books another message the book was giving was looking- glass self because a lot of time the people would look at other people and how other people are and it helps them to know what is okay and not okay. In all of the books there are no gender roles. All of the books I would read to my child because they all teach something very important and try to show kids what is right and wrong. I believe that all of the books I read can be used in the future because they all touch on things that in my opinion will always be a problem in our society and these books are teaching kids good values and norms.
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ReplyDeleteDuring class I read these four books: The Pout-Pout Fish; The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark; The Monster Who Lost His Mean; and Michael Recycle. The message in The Pout-Pout Fish is that just because you're born with a certain situation doesn't mean you have to act accordingly-you can make it positive; this deals a lot with the look-glass self in how he sees himself as pouty. The message in The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark is that we must all face our fears; he faces his fear because of the morality of care with which he wants to help Ms. Clam find her pearl. A value represented in both of The Pout-Pout Fish books is that of humanitarianism with helping those in need. Also, both of the books have the same types of ethnic groups in which different sea creatures happily coexist but there aren't any set roles for any of the genders except in the second book-Ms. Clam depends on pout-pout fish to help her. The message in The Monster Who Lost His Mean is that real friends will accept you no matter what; a never-ending relevant message in that good friends are the ones who’ll change you for the better. In this book there's the value of negative conformity because of the other monsters picking on the monster for being different and outcasting him and leading him to the resocialization by learning new behaviors and attitudes for himself. The human kids provide lots of ethnicity with their variations in shape, size, and color-as do the monsters-but the kids play nice together whereas the monsters are bullies. There are both girls and boys of the human kids and you see the girls more in the pictures where they're doing cleaning and not in the pictures with the guys playing sports. Different genders and their roles are also evident in Michael Recycle with the superhero being a young boy, however there is a chef who is male; this book has only white characters yet shows diversity among them. The message is trying to teach kids is that we all need to recycle/keep the earth clean in order to save the planet; the only way they can do that is if the lazy white people get up off their butts and take part in the value of hard work and performing in activities. In this way, Michael Recycle is practicing resocialization by teaching them new norms, attitudes and behaviors (recycling, picking up trash, etc). The only violence in any of these books is in someone putting themselves down or others mentally abusing them as seen in The Pout-Pout Fish and The Monster Who Lost His Mean. I would definitely read these books to my future children just because I think they all tell good messages about life that will remain relevant in years to come in that we need to stay positive, be brave, positives of reinventing ourselves, and save the planet.
ReplyDeleteDuring class time the four books I read were, “I’m a Big Sister”, “Llama Llama Misses Mama”, “Dog in Boots”, and “I love You So…” The messages of the book, “I’m a Big Sister” was to teach responsibility and to love people even if there is someone new coming in their life. I think the value of the story is that people will love you no matter how many people there are and that they are special in their own way. I do think that the value is true because children should really understand that even though they won’t be the only child anymore they are still loved in a very important way. There was no gender or ethnicity in the story. In the story, “Llama Llama Misses Mama”, a message that was shown was that you should be up to try anything new because what you don’t know won’t hurt you. The value shown was education. The value I would agree with because everyone needs some kind of education. There were many animals that represent different ethnicities. The looking- glass self was portrayed because people looked at other people to see how they were perceived. In the story, “Dog in Boots”, the message presented was to be happy with who you are and don’t change yourself to fit in. The value is to be happy with who you are. There were no ethnicities or gender portrayed in the story. The message in, “I Love You So…” is to show children the unconditional honor of love. The value is to show kids that their parents love them no matter what they do or where they go, that they will always be in their hearts. There was no gender or ethnicity portrayed in the story. Violence to me is when people get hurt in a physical way and I don’t think there was any violence in the stories. I absolutely would read the stories to my child because I believe each story can teach them something. I think that all the stories will be relevant in 10-15 years because these messages will always be relevant because people had these messages for years and will always keep using them.
ReplyDeleteI read the books I Love you so…, Substitute Creacher, Llama Llama Time to Share, and The Monster Who Lost His Mean during class. The socializing message of I Love You so… is that your parents will love you no matter what. It teaches you that no matter how mad they get at you, or what type of mood you are in, they will still love you just as much. The socializing message of Substitute Creacher is that bad things will happen to you if you do not behave. The book teaches you to behave well, and it also teaches that you can always be forgiven. In Llama Llama Time to Share the socializing message is that children do not like to share. The lesson of the book teaches you to get along with others and to share. The last book I read was The Monster Who Lost His Mean, and the socializing message was that you will get made fun of if you are different. The lesson is that it is much more fun to be nice to others than it is to be mean. Values found in these books consist of family, education, moral orientation, external conformity, and individual personality. I agree with all of these values. I did not find violence in any of the books I read except there was some in Substitute Creacher. My definition of violence is anything that will do harm to someone, such as beating kids up or bullying. There is examples of the looking-glass self in some of these books such as when Llama Llama is learning to share. Resocialization occurs when Monster loses his mean and has to learn how to be nice. Most of the books had primarily dominant white culture in them, but there were a few black kids or different types of animals in the other books. At the end of Substitute Creacher it shows a traditional white family living in a nice house, with a dog, and the mother is at home baking. I would read these books to my children in the future because I think they are cute and they teach good life lessons. I believe that the messages of these books will be relevant in 10-15 years because they all teach basic lessons about behavior that every child needs to learn, and will never change.
ReplyDeleteThe four books that I read were "The Pout- Pout Fish," "Llama Llama Time to Share," "Dog in Boots," and "Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake." All these stories contained values that I believe in, such as love, sharing, patience, and being happy with what you have. The only one that I believed showed any type of violence was "Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake" because Betty Bunny throws a temper tantrum by throwing food at her siblings and kicking the walls. "The Pout- Pout Fish" is the only book that shows any signs of ethnicity because it shows the diverse fish that live in the ocean. This book also gives a representation of the looking-glass self because the pout- pout fish didn't change his personality because others told him that's how he was. I believe that the genders in these books are portrayed traditionally where the mother takes care of the kids and the rules of the house, while the father works. I would share all these stories with my kids because they make for good learning tools by teaching them the importance of sharing and how you can get rewarded for doing what you are told. I believe that these stories will still be relevant in 10-15 years because the messages of each story represents characteristics that many want to instill in there children for many years to come.
ReplyDeleteI read The Substitute Creacher, I Love You So, Llama Llama, and Dog in Boots. The socializing message of these books varied from book to book but they were all similar in giving the reader the message of being a good kid, being yourself, and care for others. The lessons were pretty obvious and for a kid I think it would influence them pretty easily which is good. In Llama Llama the kid was afraid of school but in the end it showed how school is fun and school is good. There are some values in the books I read. For example the Substitute Creacher would teach kids that if you do bad things and you misbehave you have consequences. I agree with that becasue while your a kid its not that big of a deal to do bad things but once you are an adult and you do bad things that stick out from society around you, there could be severe consequences. Also there was the value in Dog in Boots to be yourself and that is best suited for who you are and what you do. If you are a dog act like a dog and if you are human act as a human would. Some ethinic groups were black and white. In the Substitute Creacher it was kind of biased because after the boy became a good kid he went home to a nice house, big dog, new car, and white parents, but when the kids that were being bad at school were blacks and whites that were redheads, and squinty eyed. No there is no violence at least that meets my definition of violence. My definition of violence is like getting beat up and blood flying everywhere. There are concepts from the chapter such as resocialization and fitting in. In all the books it showed how you should fit in with society and do what is right. There is no gender socialization showed since they were mostly all kids. Yes i would definitly read these books to my kids because they have a good message and i think the message will be important 10- 15 years from now... maybe not 20 lol
ReplyDeleteThe four books I read in class were: Michael Recycle, Llama Llama Time to Share, The Pout-Pout Fish and The Monster Who Lost His Mean. These books taught a variety of lessons from teaching kids the importance of recycling, sharing with their friends, looking at the bright side of things and being your own person, not who others tell you to be. The value demonstrated in Michael Recycle was that hard work and activity are necessary to keep your town clean and livable. In Llama Llama Time To Share, it values humanitarianism by showing Llama sharing his dolly and helping fix it when it was broken. The value in The Pout-Pout Fish was that love is often very important in people’s happiness. The value taught in The Monster Who Lost His Mean, was that of external conformity and that there is pressure to fit in but that it is not always for the best. In each book different ethnic groups are portrayed in the people and in the variety of animals present in the books. My definition of violence is when one person is hurting another person. An example of violence from the books I read could have been in The Monster Who Lost His Mean when the monsters were bullying Onster because he lost his mean. An example of the looking-glass self could be seen in The Pout-Pout Fish because his idea of himself was different than how others saw him. He thought he was always sad but the other fish were able to see that he didn’t always have to be sad just because his lips pointed down. An example of socialization could be found in The Monster Who Lost His Mean because after his M went missing he became someone different. He no longer fit in with the other Monsters; instead he fit in with the children. In Llama Llama Time to Share, the traditional gender roles are displayed when it says that Llama played with trains, trucks and planes while the girl has the dolly. In The Pout-Pout Fish there are less traditional gender roles displayed because at the end Pout-Pout Fish (who is a boy) is kissing all the other fish, even the other boy fish. I would read these books to my children in the future because I thought they were entertaining and they taught valuable lessons that children should learn. I think the messages in these books will still be relevant in 10-15 years because sharing and humanitarianism will never go out of style.
ReplyDeleteWhile analyzing children’s books during class I had read Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark, Llama Llama Misses Mama, I Love You So…, and Substitute Creacher. All of these books differing in the theme they all shared a similar socialization message, how children should get over they’re fears, learn to meet new people, and to know that your parents have unconditional love to the child always. Values in these books was how to learn to adapt to new environments, learn what is right from wrong, and realize that parents or friends will help you all the way no matter what the circumstances are. With these values I do agree with them because while young children should understand theses and be able to hold onto them through their whole life and remember them because they have been used to these values for a long time in their life. Through these books there are different ethnic groups present, there are different types of fish, animals, and human racial groups. Incorporating diversity in a book shows children that not everybody has the same skin color or the same eyes. In these books there is no violence shown. My definition of violence is physically harming someone for the worse. In these books there were signs of resocilization which was the main concept shown in the books specifically in the Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big DARK and Llama Llama Misses Mama. In each of these books the genders do normally play the traditional role, for example in Llama Llama Misses mama the mother took the child to school with a female school teacher and the mother then picked up the child and in I love you so… it was mainly the mother who was showing love and affection to the child. I would read these books to my child because it teaches them the basics of how to overcome fear, how to leave your mother for school and know that she will always love you, and how to be respectful to all teachers. The messages in these books will most still be relevant I believe in 10-15 years because it teaches children how to behave.
ReplyDeleteThe four books I read were The Monster Who Lost his Mean, I LoveYou So, Llama Llama time to share and a Very Brave Witch. All of these books have different meanings and messages behind them that apply to today’s society. The socializing message and the lesson the book The Monster Who Lost His Mean is you don’t always have to conform to society. The lesson was to be your own persona and if your friends don’t accept you then you’re with the wrong friends. The socializing message and the lesson for I Love You So was that kids need that unconditional love when they are younger. The lesson was that no matter what your parents will always love you. The socializing message and the lesson for Llama Llama Time to Share were kids taken on different roles when they play. They start to get an imagination. The lesson is that sharing is caring. The socializing message and lesson in a Very Brave Witch was to always be brave. The lesson was to not judge a book by its cover. The values is the book The Monster Who Lost His Mean were conformity and I disagree with it in this book because in this book the monster lost his M and all the other monsters were mean to him and harassed him. If he didn’t find his M then he wasn’t allowed to be a part of their group. The values in the book I Love You So are love and I agree with it because you always need someone to love you, especially your parents. The values in the book Llama Llama Time to Share are sharing and imagination and I agree with it because kids need to do both to develop properly. The values in the book a Very Brave Witch are being brave and I agree because in this book by being brave the witch realizes that humans aren’t all that bad and they are just like her. In all of these books different ethnic groups are portrayed in them. In The Monster who lost his Mean there are two different ethnic groups and they were portrayed the same-nice, friendly and caring.
ReplyDeleteThere are also different colored monsters in the book and all of the monsters were portrayed as mean expect for Onster. In the book I Love You So there were only white people and they were portrayed as nice and caring people. Also they were portrayed as loving parents. In Llama Llama time to share there were two different ethnic groups the Llama who had light fur and the Gnu who had dark fur. The Llama was portrayed as spoiled and not able to share. The Gnu was portrayed as being able to share and be nice. In a Very Brave Witch there are two ethnic groups and they are whites and blacks and they are portrayed as equals in this book. Also there are witches v. humans. And the Humans are portrayed as very different and are made as outcasts. The witches are portrayed as being above the humans. My definition of Violence is being verbally or physically abusive to someone. In The book The Monster Who Lost His Mean there was some violence in the book because they were harassing Onster for losing his M and they were just plain mean to him. In the book I Love You So there was no violence at all the parents were very reassuring and loving in the book. In Llama Llama Time to Share there really wasn’t any violence. In a Very Brave Witch there may have been some violence in the book because she was saying how awful and scary humans are. In The Monster Who Lost His Mean they concept in the book are resocialization and looking-glass self. In Love You So the socialization concepts are cognitive development, nurture theory. In Llama Llama Time to Share the concepts are socialization, “I-Me” Self and they play stage. In a Very Brave Witch the concept is socialization. The Genders in The Monster Who Lost His Mean were males and females and males were portrayed as meand and the females were portrayed as nice and caring. In I Love You So both males and females were portrayed as caring parents which is a more traditional role for the females and modern role for the males. In Llama Llama Time to Share the male was selfish and the female was kind and not selfish. In a Very Brave Witch there were only two males and they were doing work in the book more traditional and they females were sewing and decorating the house which is traditional. In the future I would read The Monster Who Lost His Mean to my kid because it teaches you that just because you have a certain stereotype like a monster that you don’t have to be that and you can break free and be who you want. I would read I Love You So to my kid in the future because it shows good examples of parenting and how much you love the kid. I would read Llama Llama Time to Share to my kid in the future because it teaches kids how to share. I would read a Very Brave Witch to my kid in the future because it shows you not to take everything at face value. In the Monster Who Lost His Mean the message with still be relevant in 10-15 years because there will always be stereotypes and bullying. I Love You So will be relevant in 10-15 years because its always important to let your kids know how much you love them. In 10-15 years Llama Llama Time to Share will be relevant because kids always need to learn/know how to share. A Very Brave Witch will be relevant in 10-15 years because being brave and facing your fears is important.
DeleteThe three children’s books I read were Sweet Land of Liberty, I love you so, and Llama Llama Time to Share. Sweet land of liberty was about the different things that have happen in America. It talks about the many different things that have happen in America. It is about the importance of what happen in America and how it happens. The books main character was an Elephant, her name was Elise. The book also had characters that were humans, Pilgrims, Americans, Soldiers, Cowboys/Pioneers, and Presidents. In Llama Llama Time to Share, the book is about sharing. The characters in Llama Llama Time to Share the characters are all Llamas. In the book I Love You So, it talks about love. No matter what love doesn’t change, no matter how mad something is you don’t just love somebody one minute and not love them the next. In I Love You So the characters are all white. None of these books have violence in them. I Love You So and Llama Llama Time to Share they are mainly teaching a lesson. Yes I would read these books to my children, Llama Time to Share is teaching about sharing. I Love You So, is saying that love is unconditional. These stories are all going to continue to mean something one way or another in the future because the facts about America are always going to be important. Love and Sharing are both also going to continue to be important. Because sharing at some point is always going to be necessary, and love is always going exist.
ReplyDeleteThe four books I read were Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, The Very Cranky Bear, Barack Obama of Thee I sing a Letter to my Daughters, and Llama Llama Misses Mama. Two of these books The Very Cranky Bear, and Barack Obama have very similar messages in that everyone is important and unique in their own ways. The message in Betty Bunny is that patience is a good thing, and the message in Llama Llama is the change is going to happen but it doesn't have to be bad. I agree with all four values expressed in these books which include Physical Fitness in Betty Bunny, Humanitarianism in The very cranky bear, Nationalism and Patriotism in Barack Obama, and Education in Llama Llama. In Betty Bunny, Cranky Bear, and Llama Llama there are no ethnicities because all of the characters in the books are animals. In Barack Obama the book shows all ethnicities that exist in America. In my opinion there is no violence in any of these books based on my definition of violence which is rough physical force, action, or treatment to another person. In all of these books genders are not really recognized as male and females are treated as equals in all of them. I would read all of these books to my children because of the lessons like patience, how people are unique, and how things will change. I believe that all of these books will be relevent in 10-15 years becasue kids will still be going to school, kids will enjoy chocolate cake, kids will still need to be taught that everyone is unique and Barack Obama will still be read only if America still exists.
ReplyDeleteThe four books I read were Chrysanthemum, Llama Llama Misses Mama, A Very Brave Witch, and The Very Cranky Bear. The socializing messages in Chrysanthemum, A Very Brave Witch, and The Very Cranky Bear were all very similar. In these three the message had something to do with individuality and how everyone is important and the same no matter how they may look or what their name might be. In Llama Llama Misses Mama, the message is about growing up and accepting the fact that things are going to change throughout life. Some common values that were expressed in these books were individuality, education, equality, and patience. All of the books used a variety of different animals or people to express diversity. In the case of The Very Brave Witch, the witch is afraid of humans because they look different and aren't green. The message involves accepting different ethnic groups. None of the books had any physical violence, but in Chrysanthemum, the other kids picked on her because of her name, which could be considered a form of emotional abuse. I believe that anything that brings some form of harm to another person whether it be mental or physical can be considered violence. A concept from the chapter that is shown in the books was anticipatory socialization when Llama and Chrysanthemum were both excited about their first day of school. In all the books the males and females usually took on "normal" roles. In A Very Brave Witch, the boys wore boy costumes and the girls wore girl costumes while in Chrysanthemum girls and boys dressed the way you would expect. I would read these books to my children because I believe that the messages they portray are important for young children to understand. In ten to fifteen years I believe these messages will still be relevant because they are universal. Understanding individuality and accepting people of different ethnic backgrounds is something that will be important no matter what.
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