Module6 (Margie Ybanez)
Module6 (Margie Ybanez)
Module6 (Margie Ybanez)
MODULE 6
APPLICATION
Directions: This activity focuses on a story involving the interaction of family members.
Choose a story you want to use for this activity. It can be from a story you have read or
a movie or “telenovela” that you watched or plan to watch. Use the matrix below to
relate the characters to Piaget’s stage of cognitive development.
Fortunately, with its candy-coated shell and visual style, “The Willoughbys” never
gets too serious or scary. The movie practically sparkles in scenes at Melanoff’s candy
factory, where the rainbow motif is woven throughout the space and even onto
Melanoff’s commander jacket, which is topped off with candy buttons and cupcakes on
his shoulders.
The Willoughbys have shocking reddish-pink hair that looks like it was made out
of yarn, visually tying the various members of the family together, and frightfully skinny
frames that, with the exception of “mushroom-shaped” twins, almost no one else outside
their home shares. “The Willoughbys” uses those details as opportunities for visual
jokes. Clouds look like fluffy candy floss that float by a candy-powered vehicle and the
children’s yarn-like hair can get messy and unkempt.
Based on the book by Lois Lowry, “The Willoughbys” often breaks out of its
confines of impossible situations through fantasy. There’s a speedy baby with a sweet
tooth who defies the laws of gravity, a dirigible cooked up in a candy factory and a
talking cat. They make the Willoughby parents comically neglectful as if they forgot they
had four kids in the house or overreact to the smallest of disturbances. The parents’
carelessness also makes life difficult for any unlucky adults who cross their paths on
their trip. The movie’s other villains are the Orphan Services, who with their black-out
wide glasses and sharp suits, look like the Men in Black had been taken over by skinny
aliens. But of course, the heart of the story belongs to the kids, especially Tim, who has
to learn to trust grown-ups again.
For all its candy-colored silliness, “The Willoughbys” is a surprisingly sweet story
about chosen families. The halls of the Willoughby’s old-mannered mansion celebrate
the relatives and mustached ancestors who came before them, but the Willoughbys of
today have fallen far from their storied pasts and strong family ties, leaving the children
to make up their own. Sometimes, the best families are those who chose to be a part of
your life. It’s a message both timely and timeless told through a whimsical story fit for
most children of any age.
Father & -It shows that not all parents know how or even want to be parents.
Mother For the kids that don't see this reality represented to them often in
cartoon style it's refreshing. It has a great message. Thought
provoking and can potentially start up that they never wanted
children and have no extra love or tolerance for them
The Cat- The voice over, narrator and sometimes pet in the movie.
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