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(Ik this isn't really a story but.... I am a dork and want to share this anyways)

Statements of belief.

"Being accepted is complicated:"

"You can only be accepted if you are beautiful."

"Finding a family who accepts you for who you are."

"Self-doubt is something that can hold you back."

Let's evaluate the first statement. Why did I believe this statement? It seemed to me that the only reason he became accepted was because he became beautiful. Because before that no one accepted him, even if he was kind or useful, they all rejected him only due to looks and when he was revealed to be pretty that was when he finally became a part of something. I liked it better when he was accepted for being ugly in his goose family, because even though they found him weird looking they still took him in as their own, which would've been a good story. Even if you aren't up to society's standards, there are still people who will stand with you and support you. Do I still believe in this statement? Partly. I can see other ways this story would be uplifting but to me it felt as though you can only be accepted if you are outstanding, if you are worth something, so if someone wasn't as lucky to become a beautiful swan would they ever be accepted? Would they ever lead a happy life? It just makes me feel bad that you can only be accepted if you are exceptional in some way. But that's just how I view this story.

My second statement is finding a family who accepts you for who you are. I feel this barely connects to the story by the way I viewed it but it reminded me of my friend, who is also trans. I thought about it in a different aspect, what if he was an outcast due to being trans? Being someone he wasn't, being born in a body he wasn't. He felt outcast and different, maybe it went against his family's beliefs or maybe they weren't accepting so he left to find someone else who would accept him for who he was. Maybe he faced lots of prejudice for the way he felt, even though he can't control it. He felt that there was no one he could rely on so he had to go on this journey all alone during his life, feeling as though he could never be accepted. Until he finds a group of people just like him who happily accept him into their friendship group, becoming one big family basically. He finally found someone who was like him and accepted him and he was happy. Anyways, that was just a way I viewed it, I thought it was a good analysis of the story somehow, but I don't think it connects to the main story a lot, except for some aspects.

My third statement is that self-doubt can hold you back. When I read this story I really felt like the duckling suffered from this because I can relate. Since he was mocked and outcast for his looks, he started to believe it himself, causing himself to feel doubt in his own actions. Like when he encountered the swans, he decided to not talk to them since he doubted that they would want to. He thought they would just mock him like everyone else in his life has. He travelled far and wide to find somewhere to be and each time he was rejected he felt like he couldn't go anywhere because he doubted that anyone would take him in, he felt that since everyone he met before mocked him, everyone else he meets would too. He doubted his own abilities as well, making his only self-worth about his looks, which caused him to be more analytical of himself. If you are told something your whole life without anyone else to tell you otherwise, you start to believe it because who is there to tell you it's false? No one. And when you are eventually told otherwise you doubt that they're right because your whole life you've been told "the truth". It really stunts someone when they grow up in a restrictive and unsupportive household/life because it causes them to believe things that could be false or prejudiced. It's also very hard to break out of unless you have an open mind. Anyways that's just my two cents on this whole thing. I also related this to the internet since there are many people online who close their minds to other people's opinions and refuse to believe others beliefs, making them very hard to converse with. Sometimes you have to listen to other people to make a correct statement.

I could probably go on with even more statements about this story but then this would go on forever. This story is very open to interpretation because it all depends on how you read it or how you interpret it. Two people could have very different views on this story or the same. But that's up to yourself to decide. This story is a cult classic in storytelling but does it really spread a positive message? In my opinion: I'm not sure. It depends on how you interpret it, I interpreted it positively and negatively, so I am neutral on its beliefs.