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What do you remember about Disney from your childhood? Write a response to Henry A Giroux's "Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films" on pages 567-592. What are his main arguments? Do you agree with them? Use examples from your own childhood to support your answer.

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My name is Connor Massei, and im from Warrenton, VA. I am currently undeclared but am leaning towards a sports management major. I have an older brother that is a sophomore at JMU. When I was 2 my parents divorced, so I have no memories of living with both of them in the same house. I lived with my mom in Arlington, VA until middle school when I moved in with my dad in Warrenton. I have lived primarily with him ever since. In my narrative I plan on writing about how having divorced parents has affected my life.
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  1. Kevin KatzJanuary 20, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    Since you have to do research for the narrative you could include the growing divorce rate or cite how divorced parents affect children.

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  2. Instructor - Nicole LeeJanuary 20, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Connor, children who grew up with divorced parents is definitely a community in itself even if it is a HUGE group that is not necessarily unified through a common meeting point. People who grow up with divorced parents have a common set of habits, expectations, and challenges that they deal with. There is a unique experience that these community members share which is different from children who grow up with parents who are married, with a single parent, with grandparents, etc.

    Because this community is so large and all of the members do not interact with each other, you may want to narrow your topic to a particular community of people who do interact. Did you have a particular set of friends who all had divorced parents? Are you familiar with organization that serves as a resource or support group for children with divorced parents? I'm not saying that you have to narrow your topic this way because there is a common understanding between children of divorced parents even if they've never met before, but I do think it would be easier for you to write about a specific group of people within this larger community.

    It sounds like you have plenty of experiences to draw upon, and Kevin's suggestion for research sounds like a great place to start.

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