The Big idea "Fables"

In the book "Fables" one big idea that I am able to understand from the story is that it’s hard to get used to a new environment when you grew up differently or come from another place. For example, in "Fables" all the fairy tale characters ended up in New York after they were kicked out of there world. They didn't like the fact that they had to hide their real lives from all the people that surrounded them.

The wolf had to hide his real form and disguised himself as a human. In his old fairy tale land the wolf was bad; he blew down the pig’s house down and tried to eat them for dinner. In the Fable Town that was created for all fairy tale characters wolfs life was different, he was the sheriff of the town, and he had to take care of the pig because he didn’t have a home and didn’t want to go to upstate. Wolf only had a studio apartment to his name. This was a sign for the wolf that he had to adjust to his new life like it or not because he had more responsibilities in the modern world. All the monsters that didn't look human and could not disguise themselves would have to live in farms in upstate New York. They hated the fact that they had to hide and cannot reveal themselves to world because they knew there town would be vulnerable to outsiders. An example would be the pig which lived with wolf after wolf had destroyed his house, the pig hated the fact that he had to go upstate and would escape every time and go back to wolf. People would be afraid when they would see the pig run around the city, the pig himself looked very afraid. The beast was having problems with his wife because she could not do anything with him since he was not in human form; she hated that and wanted to get a divorce. Prince charming wanted to be rich but in fact he was no prince in New York so he was poor and depended in girls he slept with to take care of him. For example, prince charmed a girl in a diner and told her he didn’t have money but would like to do something with her, she agreed and had a one night stand. When the girl woke up he left a note saying if she can do his laundry and he had taken a few dollars. Since she liked him she did it. Prince had to use his looks to maneuver throughout the city to live, and to communicate with the society, since it was his only strength.

Therefore this big idea that the comic book “Fables” gives to the readers is very understandable and true. It’s not easy to adjust to new surroundings especially when you are used to your old town and seeing the same faces. For the fairy tale characters they see that New York is different and very diverse, they aren’t used to that, they are creatures from another world. It is to say many can relate to the big idea when they are moving from one country to another, or moving from one state to another, life is different and you have to change your own in order to survive, and feel comfortable.

Bigby (the big bad wolf) in Fables...

    

The big bad wolf is known as Bigby in Fables. Bigby was made sheriff by Snow White which is the major of Fable town which is New York City but all the characters from the fairy tales had named it differently since its were they hide. They were all forced out of their real homes by the adversary. Jack had come to Bigby so he can help him find out what had happened to his girlfriend Rose Red. Bigby then went to snow white to tell her that her sister was missing, and he was going to start investigating. Bigby apparently hides his real form of a wolf into a human since he is in a world that is no fairy tale. But since he is a wolf he uses his instinct to find out who hurt Rose Red, he smells the blood in the crime scene, he tries to scare people into telling the truth as well, and he almost looked like a hunter. Snow white desperately tells Bigby to find out who it was. So he interviews all the fairy tales characters that are known for their bad behaviors such as Bluebeard, and even jack since he looked suspicious himself. Separating the crime scenes, Bigby takes care of the pig, which he had destroyed his home in the fairy tale, but now is giving him a home, and doesn’t eat him. The pig also is like a helper of Bigby because he spy’s on Snow White when she went to see prince charming, Bigby has taken responsibilities to not be bad, and actually do a good for the fable community. So Bill Willingham says that the character is revealed through adversity. Bigby goes threw many adversity since he is the sheriff of the Fable town, and it’s his responsibility to take care of everyone from the bad, almost as he is a hero. Of course some of the problems he has is that he likes Snow White and he tries just about anything to stay with her at all time. For the crime they are always together. Even though the pig is like a friend to Bigby, its still a problem for him because he provides a home for it when he is not even comfortable in his little studio. He also tries not to be tempted to eat the pig, which for him seems a good meal. Its also a problem because all the creatures that don't look human have to live upstate new york, be the pig always escapes and comes back to his house. But his biggest problem was to actually find out who supposedly killed Rose Red.

Cinderella in todays world ?

    

I think Cinderella in today’s world wouldn’t be so successful or have a happy ending story, but all the guys find her very attractive because of her beauty. To me Cinderella would have dropped out of high school. Working two jobs as a waitress or at a bar. Also she would have a bunch of kids running around like crazy with her, nothing to feed them since she is to busy paying bills. Her boyfriend might have been one of those guys that did her a one night stand and just left her with all the kids. So now she’s out there looking for some rich guy so he can maintain her and her family.

Little red riding hood SEx?

           Little red riding hood is known to interpretate sex. There are three different types of interpretations, one is the video clip of the movie little red riding hood, second is a little red riding hood from online website, and third is a little red riding hood comic book.
          In the video clip little red riding hood can be about sex because of the way she seems very attractive. She wears red lipstick and has a red cap, the color red is known to attract people, is a color of romance, exotic, or love. This is more of a scene for adults then kids.
          In the story in the website of little red riding hood it is also known to interpretate sex because its almost as a warning to young children. Every fairy tale has a message to the readers. In this little red riding hood is more for little kids to understand that you need to becareful to who you talk to because there are many people that are out there to do something bad. Shes more of a curious girl that doesn't know whats around her so she is more helpless for herself since she is still learning.
          In the little red riding hood comic book everything is the same and it can interpretate sex. She still has her red cap, she looks like a very attractive girl. The parents tell little red riding hood to be careful and not to talk to strangers. Instead she does it, and flirts a lot more with the wolf then all the other versions. The wolf sounds more of a pervert as well, saying thing like "I wanna eat her up", or "she looks very delicous, and tender". Once she went threw everything at the end she went threw the forest again but this time when another wolf went up to her she ran away, because she had learned her lesson the first time around.

Jack and the magic beans

   Jack and the magic beans is a very famous fairy tale told to kids for entertainment. An old man had given Jack magic beans, when he got home his mother expected money but dint get any. She grabbed the beans and threw them out the window. The next morning jack woke up went outside and found that his beans had grown into a giant tree. Jack climbed it and found a ogre house he would then robbed food, and money to take home. The ogre chased him down and he called for his mother to cut down the tree, the ogre had then fallen and died. In Enchanted there is also a similar Jack and the magic beans only it is not for kids, and has different characteristics. Jack starts of as a cold hearted person "As a professional giant killer most folks think I know a thing or two about the ugly bastards". The jack in enchanted is also different because instead of the beans growing in the floor, jack actually eats them to have magical power and strength. He has a bean for every occasion. Also instead of jack cutting the tree down to killed the ogre, in Enchanted he slays every ogre head of and saves the people from the towns. The original Jack is known for his poor living with his mother, nothing to eat as well. In Enchanted Jack seems to be respected by the people, but he is still poor and waste all his money on alcohol. The author made Jack differently from the original fairy tale to give a different point of view. In one hand Jack is an innocent boy not being suspected of anything, and in Enchanted Jack is clearly portrayed as a assassin of the ogres.

Fairy tale characters in comic book

         In the comic book of "Legends the enchanted" there are many fairy tale characters being used. First you see Jack and the magic beans, Pinocchio, Little red riding hood, Hansel and Gretel. Each character has its own signature for being the fairy tale characters they are. For example you know jack has magic beans in a little bag that he uses to overcome many obstacles, Pinocchio is tied up to the chains as if he was tied up with strings being used as a puppet, little red riding hood is wearing her red hoodie, and Hansel is always screaming for her brother gretel for help. Each character is known for the way they look or act.

Fairy tale characters that I can remember

1. Red riding hood
2. Peter pan
3. Hensel and gretel
4. The three little pigs
5. Tinker bell
6. Pinochio
7. Cindarella
8. Snow white
9. Beauty and the beast

3 plots in Runaways

The main three plots are very important in the comic book "Runaways". In the first book the main plot is when all the kids walk in to alex parents secret layer in back of the game room. They all go walk in to see whats at the end, and they find a window that is see through, they find all their parents wearing wierd customes and talking about their plans, then alex parents brings out a young girl then pulls out a knife and kills her or a sacrafice for their clan. The kids get scared because now they know the truth that their parents are not just ordinary parents they are mastermind villians. The main plot in second book of "Runaways" is when all the kids gather up to talk about what they had seen. They also wanted to see if they should call the police to report their parents for killing a young girl. Then they agreed to do so and when they called the police officer he did not believe one word that Alex was trying to tell them and then hanged up. This is the main plot because they dont know why their parents are evil masterminds and feel guilty that they are reporting their own parents to the police. The main plot in the third book of "Runaways" is when the kids walks in to another layer and see a holographic of her parents telling her that she is incharge of their job because shes the next generation. Then they tell her where the book to all secrets are and she gets it but notices that the language is not normal and is out of this world. Then one girl realizes that she has powers and could fly, then everyone thinks if they, themselves have super powers that they dont know of.

The dark knight

     In the first book of the dark knight the main plot is being said throughout the whole story. The dark knight is retiring from his daily job of putting criminals away into prison. He feels that he is old enough to retire from protecting the Gotham city, he feels that he is not powerful enough to maintain against strong criminals. When the city realized that there will be no more dark knight to protect them, they went crazy, and wondered what would happen to them. The media made things worse by publishing news about the retirement of dark knight threw the TV and news paper. With the retirement of dark knight being spread threw out the whole city, criminals were alarmed that this was there moment to do what they want. The dark knight had a lot of thinking to go threw to see if he was really going to quit his duties or continue on putting criminals in their place.