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Comparing Goldilocks And Bill Cleaver's Where The Lilies Bloom

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The novel, Where the Lilies Bloom has a striking similarity to the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. When you take a look at Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera and Bill Cleaver, the comparison becomes eminent very quickly. Within the first couple of chapters, the characters in Where the Lilies Bloom begin to resemble characters in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Kiser Peace, an uneducated and superstitious man, takes the role of the bear in this story. Mary Call Luther, an intelligent young girl who has become the head of the household after her father's death, and Romey, Mary Call’s 10 year old brother, start to both represent Goldilocks. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is definitely comparable to Where the Lilies Bloom. This first quote can make it easier to see how these two books coincide. Romey and Mary Call are outside of Kiser’s house when Romey says, “It’s not latched. You reckon it’d be all right if we just went in” (Cleaver 20)? If that's not enough later, Mary Call says, “Let’s just step inside a minute, Romey” (Cleaver 21). In the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks enters the bear's house without their permission. This quote clearly depicts how related these books are. It is easy to see the resemblance here but there is much more evidence to back this up. …show more content…

Romey and Mary Call are inside of Kisers house when Mary Call tells us, “ He didn’t put any amount on it, just listed things we took from the basement: a ham, four frozen chickens, four pounds of frozen butter, two quarts of honey, a peck of red yams” (Cleaver 35). In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, while Goldilocks is in the house she steals some porridge. This certainly illustrates Romey and Mary Call stealing food from Kiser Peace’s house, like Goldilocks did from the bears. Without a doubt, these books show a lot of

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