Little Red Cap : Cause And Effect In Grimm Brother's 1857 Short Story

In life, even the smallest of actions can have repercussions just as influential as larger actions. This moral lesson can be shown in a numerous amount of stories. One of the themes that Ray Bradbury explores in “A Sound of Thunder” is that all actions have consequences, big and small. Three examples that support this theme are the mouse case, stepping of the Path, and the butterfly. The first example that supports the theme of all actions have consequences, big and small, is the mouse case.

Another virtue the grandmother lacks is courage. Courage is “The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with self-possession, confidence and resolution” (Courage). When The Misfit arrives, the grandmother is nothing but a coward. She exhibits no self-possession, “Alone with The Misfit, the grandmother found that she had lost her voice” (O’ Connor 1116), displayed here when she can’t even speak. She also has no resolution to the situation but to give The Misfit her money, “‘I’ll give you all the money I’ve got!’” (O’ Connor

The Grandma is prim and proper and self-acclaimed to be very ‘lady like’ yet is extremely crass in her mannerisms. From the very beginning of the story the grandmother begins to show her selfish ways. “…and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did." (O’Connor 1). Though the grandmother is not specific in her selfishness, it seems her indirectness is what gets her nowhere in her statements. As a result of this, neither her children nor her grandchildren do not show reverence for her. Without the parents respect for the Grandmother, there is no possibility for her to gain the grandchildren’s respect. Here again we have another character whose role was not the main role, but one who has a lesson to teach if the reader is willing to dig deep enough to find

Sporting a plaid, red deer hunting hat, he would consistently pull the bill of the hat around to the back due to he insisted he looked better. The flaps would always stay down to cover his ears and would constantly be questioned why he was wearing a deer hunting hat when he was not hunting deer. Holden Caulfield, main character of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, regularly dons a red deer hunting hat for the majority of the novel. The Catcher in the Rye is a coming-of-age novel showing how the main character spends his days between moving out of his private school and returning home to his parents in New York in his hunting hat. Caulfield must manage the constant changing of schools, underage drinking, and not following the crowd,

When Swami Sivananda said, “A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.” He was correct because every microscopic action that we commit has an unintended consequence. Some consequences, are good. Other consequences, on the other hand, can be miserable. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore, both stories exhibit that each choice a person makes has a consequence, good or bad.

However, as I read about Red leaving the path in both tales, I felt disappointed, but not in the same individual. I believe this also stemmed from the eyes of me as a future father, seeing Red disobey the wishes of her mother, and also observing Red’s mother fail to warn her. In the Grimm brothers version, as Red leaves for her grandma’s house, her mother instructs her to “behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path,” and Red promises to obey. In spite of her promise, Red still is easily swayed by the wolf into leaving the path to go pick flowers. This incorporation of pathos let my emotions to be feelings of utter disappointment in Red because her mother’s instructions were simple and easy to follow, yet she still failed to uphold them.

Perrault teaches little girls that if a man does something to them, it is their fault for not being “on Guard” (344). He reinforces this blame and guilt by not punishing the wolf at the end. In the newer versions, the wolf is usually killed or injured because

The grandmother was a selfish person from the beginning of the story until the end. If it were not for her being self-centered, the family would still be alive. Even after The Misfit killed her family, she still does not realize the sins she has committed until she searches for her last hope of survival. People act a certain way because they never think that

At first this White Wolf was distrusted by the others, but eventually they took her in and treated her as one of their own. The White Wolf was revered as a prize among the wolves, and she was taken as the Alpha female to the Alpha male. The White Wolf by this time had accepted her role in the pack, but she knew something was amiss. She did not age. She was as immortal as the Power that had created

1. Douglas Adams uses cause and effect to make a persuasive agrument about the relative impact of the an action by explaining cause and effect is a never ending cycle. Adam’s text is shows how people actions can effect people/things and aren’t consciously aware of how this effect people every day life. There is nothing that can be done to prevent the effects of the actions that are being taken—it is just a part of life. Arthur said, “I seem to be having a tremendous difficulty with my life-style” by Arthur saying caused a tremendous war that could of been prevented for happening. However that was not the case, the opponents believe there was only one cause that caused Arthur to feel that certain way about his life.They did not noticed there

The Grandmother wants the Misfit to receive salvation from God, so that he can be forgiven for his sins. Even though the Grandmother got the family into this mess, she can still be viewed as the hero.

These are just two examples out of many. The versions of fairy tales by Grimm and Disney are always similar in nature and moral. The differences in the details of the story range from minute to highly significant. The punishments placed upon the villains are always

The New Yorker featured an article depicting a different, yet similar story from the brothers that also touched upon a unique aspect of human nature. The author of the article described the tone of the story as such, “It feels like a glimpse of the dreadful side of the nature of things.” That is true of very many of the Grimm’s’ tales, even those with happy endings.” (Acocella). This outlook towards the brother’s work gives a darker point of view towards the fairy tales that are enjoyed as children, however this leads to a different interpretation to many stories as an adult.

The story starts with Red traveling to her grandmother’s house where she is attacked by a wolf along the way. The wolf believes that Red has stolen the grandmother’s recipes, however Red does not see it that way. Red believes that the wolf is trying to trick her so that he can eat her, but that is not the case as we find out later. Meanwhile, the grandmother is living a dangerous life and trying to escape from people who are hired to kill her. Then, a hunter with an axe accidentally crashes into the house right before Red and her

Later on, we are introduced to the wolf, who represents men as a threat to women. The wolf symbolizes a man, who can be a lover, seducer or sexual predator. When Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf, he wants to eat her but is too afraid to do so in public, for sometimes there are woodcutters watching. He instead approaches the young girl with the intention of seducing her, and she “naively” tells him exactly where she’s going. He then suggests for her to pick some flowers, which she of course does. Not only does she stop to talk to the wolf, but she completely forgets about her sick grandmother as well as her promise to her mother, in order to satisfy her own desires. “Little Red Cap had run after flowers, and did not continue on her way to grandmother's until she had gathered all that she could carry” ( ). Little Red Riding Hood clearly demonstrates the behaviour of an Id driven personality. She is bound up