ES2660: Jack and the beanstalk (Group discussion)

Elements:
- The cow
- Beans
- He climb the beanstalk
- Mother angry
- Poor
- Goose that lays golden eggs
- Giant
- They both smell english man blood
- Golden harp
- Chop the bean stalk

Different:
- Wife
- Old woman
- Castle backstory
- Fairyland
- Death giant
- One took both obj, the other only one
- Move in the castle and stay below

Why are there differences between the two version:
- Audience
- Age of censorship

What values do children learn from this story?
- Ambitions
- To be curious
- Take advantages of the opportunities that comes

Bad:
- Never reject strangers
- Steal from people
- Murder people

What kind of boy is jack?
Good
- English man
- Brave
- Filial
- Curious
Bad:
- Lack of sense of consequences
- Impulsive
- theif
- murderer
- greedy
- naive
- gullible
- Desperate (for money)

What underlying assumption?
- The giant is evil
- Appearances
- Fairies
- Property
- Death

Which video should be labelled 'PG'
- The music video
Its gives the idea that stealing is good if the person your stealing from is a bad person.
We dont even know if the giant is bad in the first place, only to see it from appearances

- The original video
The imagery portrayed in the video with the idea of death and breaking the necks and dying gives of a bad imagery for children.