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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Five Elements, One Result: Friendship
Student: Marilú Gimalsky
‘To have a friend, be a friend.’
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a cartoon created by Lauren Faust, the writer and director of The Powerpuff Girls and Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, who wanted to make not just a TV show for young girls, but also for their parents to enjoy. The show starts with the main character Twilight Sparkle. She comes from Canterlut, the principal city of Equestria. Twilight Sparkle, together with five other ponies that represent the values of friendship, binds to use The Power of Friendship to triumph over a prophecy of doom. She sends daily reports to Princess Celestia about how friendship helps her and her friends. In that way each episode leaves a moral about friendship. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a TV show with a good way of teaching children the values of friendship.
Twilight Sparkle is sent to Ponyville town to learn about the importance of making new friends. The princess tells her that foreigners can be friends too. ‘Bridle Gossip’ is the ninth episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, season one. In this episode, Twilight Sparkle and her new friends, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy meet Zecora, a mysterious zebra who lives in The Everfree Forest. She seems to be different because she has stripes and all Ponyville is afraid of her. All ponies are hiding in their houses. The five new friends of Twilight Sparkle are hiding too. She doesn’t understand the reason why all of them are afraid of Zecora. She explains to her friends that Zecora is like a pony but she was born with stripes on her body. She clarifies that the zebra is different in her appearance but inside her she is like everyone. If they all want to have more friends, they have to be friends. This includes foreigners or strangers. Friendship is one of the simplest ways to meet others whether they are strangers or foreigners.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a great cartoon where the most important value is friendship. This value is taught to children with a very clear vocabulary, a very good use of language and without using words too difficult to understand. As each pony represents a positive value, honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity and loyalty, the five elements of harmony, children can identify them while looking at the cartoon. The show displays a fantastic way in which the ponies help each other. In the show, honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity and loyalty together with the spark of Twilight Sparkle create the magic of real friendship. These positives values are shown in the ponies’ actions. They are always helping known and unknown ponies to resolve their problems. As Twilight says to Celestia’s Princess in one of her daily relays: ‘‘Dear Princess Celestia: Today I learned that teamwork is one of the finest values of friendship’. For that reason, to work as a team is a great positive value too and children learn this positive value while watching the TV show. Not only the show displays how to help each other but also how to work as a team, the Friendship team.
Friendship is the union of the most important values that any person can learn. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a great programme which teaches how to have friends and it teaches how to be a friend too.
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I felt really proud of me when I saw the post!! Thanks Blas and I hope all my partners like it!
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Congrats Marilú, If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And you suceeded!!
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DeleteI've really liked your essay Marilú! Congratulations!
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