The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare

Throughout history, many stories are handed down generation to generation. When the brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, started to publish a different type of story that depicted ordinary characters that overcame tough situations through supernatural and violent means, it caught attention among the people. These stories portrayed characters that not only possessed abnormal characteristics, but also had the lives of their adversaries end rather abruptly. The Grimm brothers collected extensively on fairy tales depicting violent behavior that were directed to be read to the children of that time which in turn gave a whole new meaning the term “fairy tale.”

A fairy tale is a fanciful tale of legendary deeds and magical creatures, usually intended for children. Upon analysis fairy tales can be viewed as dramatic representations of our inner world. They offer marvellous insights about ourselves and common life scenarios. Fairy tales carry valuable statements in symbolic form about human nature and may help us in reflecting upon things that we observe and do in our daily lives.

Dr. Seuss's original fable is a simple story told with a great moral that criticizes the

Fairy Tales are not just stories that parents tell to their children, but stories with hidden valuable messages which are mostly left on a side. In the article “An Introduction to Fairy Tales,” Maria Tatar clearly explains how people need fairy tales in their lives. Tatar also states how fairy tales have the ability to take the listener, especially children’s, into a journey in which they can play with their imagination so that they can discover their deepest fears and wishes. Personally I agree with the author, because of the fact that in an individual’s lives as they get older, they will try to define themselves, sometimes comparing their own life with a character from their favorite story or Fairy Tale.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review about the Aesop's fables which are now considered as

Just like story, fable has its theme, the so-called “moral”. Most time the moral will be stated by the author, while sometimes it need not to be shown. Fable is short but narrative. Its moral is often related to society and life. The moral is something like canon, which can be changed due to the change of the ages. The main character of the fable can be animal, and the animal will be personalized. In addition, the animal in the fable can speak, and they will have a clear, straight and direct connection with their original images or reputations.

It is interesting to see how some folktales are similar to each other even though they can be from a different region of the world. An example of this happening is the stories of Odysseus and Sinbad. Both of these folktales have much in common but on is from the Middle East while the other from Greece. The way their travels are similar, how their adventures are being told, and how their personalities are alike prove this concept. These tales were told as entertainment and educate people about growth and perseverance.

Stories are alive, not in the sense they are human, but like us, change and grow. The most wonderful tale that we love as children has always been ever changing. Like Little Red Riding Hood. Which still holds onto the part of its purpose to warn children of dangers

Fairy tales picture a world filled with magic, love and the triumph of the good over the evil. Fairy tales are a window to other worlds where the wildest dreams can come true and the hero always lives happily ever after preferably paired with his loved one. Although some people argue that fairy tales are full of stereotypes, filled with frightening monsters and promote racism and sexism I believe that they are wrong because fairy tales provide valuable moral lessons to children, teach them other countries' cultures promote the imagination and the cognitive development and therefore they should be read to young children.

In The Thousand and One Nights, the author chooses to create frame tales inside of his work. These fables not only give lessons for the characters inside the tale, but also for people reading it in the current era. A few stories in The Thousand and One Nights that teach a powerful lesson are the story of the demon and the woman, the tale of the donkey and ox, and the tale of the merchant and wife. Although the story of the demon and the woman was not a fable in the story, it still creates a valuable lesson that can be taught through it.

For centuries fairytales and folk stories have been created and told to entertain and to explain the mysterious world. Each story holds a clear message for its readers but it also underlines more subtle messages that teach readers. Fairytales are especially targeted at an audience of children as those stories are told by parents each night before bed. But some of the stories that have been told for a long time across many different cultures have effected peoples’ perspectives more than is realized. One of the most popular examples of a fairytale that has been influential in American culture is the classic tale of Cinderella. Though the details of the tale can vary with different authors and cultures, aspects of it have

Stories throughout history have always kept people entertained, but have also taught us many things with information, lessons, and morals from both nonfictional and fictional characters. With what must be a million stories that have been told, many stories would most likely share have their similarities, maybe even be the same story, unintentionally, of course. Stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh and Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”. The Epic of Gilgamesh and “The Lesson” are mainly about the main character having to deal with a higher authority are either fought or just pointed out when the character hasn’t realized it. Both stories . The Epic of Gilgamesh is a tale from ancient Mesopotamia, with no known author (however there is an editor who was a Sin-leqi-unninni, an exorcist priest), about a man who faces all the gods’ challenges. The Lesson, by Toni Cade Bambara, is about a young girl, named Sylvia, and her friends are being taught a lesson from their “teacher”, Miss Moore, about the way their society is, by being taken to a shopping district.

Folklore has been around for centuries. The purpose of a folklore, tales, or fable is to pass history and life lessons from one generation to another. Many of the stories that are told today are from different backgrounds and countries from China all the way back to the Native Americans. The stories that children hear today are about good and evil, and that life is not always fair but good things will happen in the end. They teach people how to handle the difficult things in life by making good choices in life regardless of the situation. The fairy tale Cinderella tells about death and despair, how to get through bad times, how to treat people, to be grateful for what you have, and that comfort and friendship can

George Fyler Townsend not only translated Aesop’s original fables to English, but also began the practice of placing morals at the end of each fable, which is a practice that continues elsewhere today. One comparandum for Aesop’s Fables that I chose is Fables for Our Time and Poems Illustrated by James Thurber. This book is a collection of fables published in 1940 and includes revisions of other older fables. This acts as a good comparison as it is the same genre as Aesop’s Fables. The second comparandum is Aesop’s Fables by Laura Gibbs. Gibbs’s book is a modern version of Aesop’s Fables as well as a translation. Comparing the two version will reveal aspects of each society, modern and ancient Greek. The third comparandum is The Arabian Nights, by the translator of Aesop’s Fables, George Fyler Townsend. This book is a revised edition of The Arabian Nights, published in 1860. The book was translated from a few other languages, similar to Aesop’s Fables. One major event in New York in 1865, five years before the publication of Aesop’s Fables, The Nation magazine began its

Fairy tales are something that everyone has read or seen, they all seem to have important lessons at the end of each one to teach young children some of the lessons they need for life. These fairy tales when we were younger all seemed innocent and something we all hoped that would happen to us. Little did we know as we got older that the fairy tales we all knew and loved when we were younger, weren't as innocent as they seemed.