Monday, December 27, 2010
Guest Post: Pets Storied in Media
By Patricia Anne McGoldrick
Many of us grew up with a pet—a dog, kitten, gerbil, and canary. However, whether or not we had a real live pet, most of us sang, read, or viewed a story about a pet or creature facing challenges in their lives.
These stories found in so many formats of print, sound, visual media accompanied us through our growing years, were shared in families, and recounted in classrooms.
Favorites were passed on to the next generation. Whether it was Bambi trying to survive that fearsome forest fires or Peter Rabbit escaping from the gardener, we were caught up in the lives of these media creations.
As we matured, fiction titles such as Watership Down by Richard Adams and George Orwell’s Animal Farm took us to other directions with animal characters.
More recently, in a non-fictional context, the amazing real-life equine, Secretariat, has been the focus of a feature film, giving us another insight into animals’ lives.
As I thought about all the media creations and connections of pets and story characters in my life, I started to map out these thoughts. This graphic that I made is called a mind map. Shown here, it is just a start.
Mind maps, so useful as an organizing strategy, can be sketched out by hand with some markers and paper or constructed with a software program such as the one used here.
Please take a look at my mind map, shown here (click the photo to enlarge.)
Can you think of more pets and animals storied in the media?
I left a section on this mind map for your favorites. Enjoy!
Many of us grew up with a pet—a dog, kitten, gerbil, and canary. However, whether or not we had a real live pet, most of us sang, read, or viewed a story about a pet or creature facing challenges in their lives.
These stories found in so many formats of print, sound, visual media accompanied us through our growing years, were shared in families, and recounted in classrooms.
Favorites were passed on to the next generation. Whether it was Bambi trying to survive that fearsome forest fires or Peter Rabbit escaping from the gardener, we were caught up in the lives of these media creations.
As we matured, fiction titles such as Watership Down by Richard Adams and George Orwell’s Animal Farm took us to other directions with animal characters.
More recently, in a non-fictional context, the amazing real-life equine, Secretariat, has been the focus of a feature film, giving us another insight into animals’ lives.
As I thought about all the media creations and connections of pets and story characters in my life, I started to map out these thoughts. This graphic that I made is called a mind map. Shown here, it is just a start.
Mind maps, so useful as an organizing strategy, can be sketched out by hand with some markers and paper or constructed with a software program such as the one used here.
Please take a look at my mind map, shown here (click the photo to enlarge.)
Can you think of more pets and animals storied in the media?
I left a section on this mind map for your favorites. Enjoy!
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8 comments:
Patricia,
Love you mind map, it reminded me of some animal stories I had forgotten about....like Mr. Ed.
I would have to add the Song of The South and Brer Rabbit, Aesops Fabels and The Black Stallion as some of my old favorites. Chicken Run as one of my new favorites.
Thanks, Sheila!
Not familiar with Song of the South but that reminds me of the classic, Sounder. Fables were always fun to read & think about, too.
Patricia
I’ve been into blogging for quite some time and this is definitely a great post.Cheers!
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Here are a few examples.
1) Pit Bulls were on the cover of Life magazine three times. Today, they get a bad rap because their two-legged friends like to use them for dog fighting.
2) Wilbur and Charlotte from Charlotte's Web (book/movie).
3) Black Beauty, about a colt. It's a fabulous book and movie.
4) Morris the cat from the 9 Lives Cat Food (commercial).
5) Marley from Marley and Me (book/movie).
6) Petey from the Little Rascals television show -- a pit bull by the way.
7) Garfield and Odie from the cartoon (found in newspapers and television; movies).
8) Bugs Bunny and Friends (cartoon). A wide variety of animals can be found from a rabbit to a bird; from a cat to a coyote; from a road runner to a duck; and everything in between.
9) The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman. It's a wonderful tale about two birds who search for a better home.
10) The Cat in the Hat, book by Dr. Seuss.
11) Dances with Wolves, one of my favorite movies. I love how Kevin Costner's character interacts with his wolf friend and shows how these beautiful animals aren't the monsters people make them out to be.
12) Old Yeller, very sad book and movie.
13) The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
14) The Fox and the Hound, another one of my favorites. Great book and movie.
15) Cujo by Stephen King which is a bit scary. It was a good book and movie.
16) Beethoven, a lovable movie.
17) Lady and the Tramp, good movie.
18) 101 Dalmatians, another good movie based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.
19) Benji, great movie.
20) "Atomic Dog," a groovy dance/party song by George Clinton.
Okay, I reached my goal of listing 20 pets and animals storied in the media!
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