the three little pigs
When reading Text Book we learn about Intertextuality, which is the technical term for a relationship between any form of literature that produces another in relation to its original. Such as the resent movie remake of the William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew called 10 Things I Hate About You. In today's society everywhere we go, intertextuality can be present to the naked eye. Such forms of this can be seen on bumper stickers, in speeches, in poems or even in many different forms of advertisements, as discussed in Text Book on pages 130-133. Text Book explains how the text can be looked at in its literal and its figurative stages. For instance, intertextuality can be seen in the bumper stickers SAVE THE BAY and PAVE THE BAY both literally and figuratively. The figurative meaning of PAVE THE BAY would not make sense if you couldn't refer back to the SAVE THE BAY and notice the connection and the opposing political view. Intertextuality even plays in the original fairy tale story of "The Three Little Pigs." Green Jelly, an alternative group from the early nineties, gives an intertextual look at "The Three Little Pigs." When talking about the original version of "The Three Little Pigs", it is e
Green Jelly tells the story of three little pigs living in the Hollywood and LA area. Each pig is of a different social class, for example, the first pig is a hippie from the farm that comes to the city dreaming of being a rock star who builds his house of straw. The second pig is a pot smoking religious pig whose house is made of old cans and sticks. The third little pig is a son of a rich rock star who graduated from Harvard as an architect and built a tri-level mansion out of concrete. The band Green Jelly fills in the blanks to make the story their own. The lyrics give each little pig a background that separates them as characters. During each verse the band describes briefly the personalities of each pig, which match them with their house. This description helps the reader understand where the characters are coming from and explains the events that occur in the song, for instance, "Living on the farm he knew nothing of the city, he built his house out of straw what a pity." The band's lyrics also make the wolf more illustrated through description. The wolf receives his introduction as well as a chance for the listener to get to know him unlike in the story. After each pig is introduced the wolf comes to blow down their house: "Then one day he [the second little pig] was cranking up Bob Marly and along came the wolf on his big bad Harley." To truly make the story theirs they made a modern ending, nothing like the original. After the w
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Approximate Word count = 980
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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