The Little Red Riding Hood

Parents often say, “Listen to your elders.” This cliché can make some people apathetic, but when looking back, most appreciate the wisdom of their elders. The knowledge imparted to children is crucial for their ability to understand and improve the world. In XIV by Derek Walcott, the speaker uses imagery, metaphor, and other literary devices to convey the storyteller’s significance to his life.

When readers read a story written by an author they will usually think that the author likes to read books and is what led the author to writing a book. William Goldman said, “As a child, I had no Interest in reading” (Goldman 3), this can lead readers to imagining the author as a young child rather than an adult not wanting to read a book. When Readers imagine the author as a young child the image imagined can give a better sense of how the author felt as a young child. The imagination of a child giving the reader a picture to think about is less complex than that of a adult giving a reader a picture to think about.

While reading “Little Red Cap” I noticed the story was symbolic in its way of illustrating Little Red Cap’s journey to wisdom. The story starts off with Little Red Cap characterized as an innocent child. She is said to be “sweet” and without even meeting her, “everyone who saw her liked her”. Her mother can be characterized in the mother archetype. She gives advice to Little Red Cap and shows her nurturing side for her daughter and mother. Little Red Cap is told to take wine and cake to her grandmother who can be characterized in the old woman archetype. The grandmother is “sick and weak” and we see later, fails to protect herself from the wolf and instructs him to come inside her home. I can assume that the wolf’s voice didn’t sound much

Maria Tatar points out how these stories help shape individuals at a young age. She explores how children reading these stories and using imagination can uncover fears and desires they have. But these fairy tales do not only have a good influence on children, but also

Many short stories have been written throughout time. Many are just for entertainment, but many of them are for teaching a lesson. Little Red Riding Hood was written partly to teach a lesson. In France, a girl that loses her virginity is said to have “seen a wolf.” That is what this story is based on. Little Red Riding Hood is about a little girl that runs in to a wolf in the forest as she is on her way to her grandmother’s house. Her grandmother was ill and her mother baked some food to make her feel better, in which Little Red Riding Hood was taking to her grandmother. When she met the

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

Perrault’s version warns against wandering away from the safety formed by civilized society. A scholar, Eric Fromm considers the red riding hood to be a “symbol for menstruation” (1), symbolizing that Little Red Riding Hood is entering puberty and therefore womanhood and in turn moving away from the guidance of her mother and grandmother. This is also understood when she forgets her mother’s warning to stay on the path, and goes off picking flowers and chasing butterflies with childlike innocence. The sexual undertones were obvious in a culture that would outcast a young woman who lost her virginity. Perrault’s story gained popularity in a time when high society parents were concerned with their children ruining their family names. This is illustrated in the end of the story where the wolf kills and eats the girl and her

Carter remains consistent with the original story of Red Riding Hood, and elaborates on the girl's nature at the time the story takes place. Red's cheeks are scarlet, indicative of her becoming a woman; in contrast, "she is an unbroken egg; she is a sealed vessel...she does not know how to shiver" (2234). A reader may think this emphasis of her sexual inexperience reveals her naivety. However, Carter's exaggeration of Red's purity may be her way of questioning readers' assumption that since Red is an innocent woman, she will be victimized. The combination of Red's sexual maturity, contrasted with hyperbolic description of her innocence, and the climax of the story contribute to this possibility.

Furthermore, in Red Riding Hood she was wearing red which is the colour of blood as she was a virgin she became the prey of the wolf. The colour red attracts unnecessary attention when she was going through the forest. This tells us how naïve young girls can be and not being aware of her surroundings. She was born in a village so comparing to the children in the cities she is more

Although many view children's fiction as suitable only to children, and an embarrassingly immature pursuit for a serious person, children' stories mold the way we think. They allows us to look at very complex and difficult issues in a safe and playful way, and they give us the freedom to imagine the unimaginable.

These three stories of “Little Red Riding Hood” all have their differences that change the story. The first difference that can be perceived is the description of the little girl in the beginning of the story. In first story by Achille Millien they give little to no details about the little girl. This makes the story appear to have a faster pace than the other 2. The second story by Charles Perrault gives more detail about little red as it calls her “the prettiest creature in all the land.” It also tells how her grandmother adored her so excessively that she got her a red hood. These details help to build a plot and keep the story interesting. Then in the 3rd story by Wilhelm Grimm gives the most amount of detail giving more backstory that allows the reader to feel more attached to her. This shows the evolution of the authors trying to reach their audience by letting them get to know the characters in the story. The second discrepancy among these three stories, which is probably the most obvious, is the ending. In the first story the ending tells how the little girl outwitted the wolf and escaped her death. The second story tells a more somber story as both the grandmother and the little girl met their tragic deaths. Then in the final story both the grandmother and the little girl survive. This in my opinion shows how over time people seek happier endings rather than end their stories in a tragic tone. This leap shows how this story became a children’s story as it progresses

Stories are told through various forms of literature, and the overall point of telling a story is to convey a message, a meaning that the author wants the reader to interpret and understand. The author does

The Poem ‘Little Red Cap’ is based on the storyline of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, originally titled ‘Little Red Cap.’ This initial story by Charles Perrault and later the Grimm Brothers was a cautionary

Numerous short stories have been written throughout time, some are just for our imagination and entertainment; however, some of them are for teaching life lessons. The story Little Red Riding Hood was written partly to teach a lesson. In the French version, a young girl loses her virginity and is said to have “seen a wolf” that is what this story is based on. Little Red Riding Hood is about an innocent little girl who runs in to a wolf in the forest while she is on her way to her grandmother’s house.

As a young child grows older, parents tend to give the child stories with more meaning. Often parents fill their child’s desire for a story with a moral story. Again this phenomenon tends to cross cultural lines. Every culture seems to have a set of morals in which they abide. Furthermore they tend to have stories that demonstrate the moral in action. Young children are told such stories orally. Whether or not the story was written in a book has little effect on the power of it. And whether or not the story is written down in a book before that child grows up to tell it to his/her child is irrelevant. The story, told over and over to generation after generation, has become a part of literature.