Essay: essay# Talking to Strangers Talking to Strangers There are two ways that people are able to choose when they meet strangers. Frist, people can friendly to the strangers and have a good time to communicate with strangers. The other way is that people can indifferent to the strangers and never stop to talk with them. It seems that more and more people choose the second way, because they are afraid of meeting trouble. There is a tale called “Little Red Cap”, written by Brothers Grimm. Through personification and symbolism, the author illustrated the character of Little Red Cap become indifferent after being deceived by the first wolf, which revealing people will easily become indifferent after they suffer from cheating, hurting. …show more content…
However, the character of kindness also brings a big dangerous to Little Red Cap. Then the author describes the scene that Little Red Cap is eaten by the wolf then is saved by the hunter to illustrate that Little Red Cap grows up from naive child to a little big mature girl and the character of Little Red Cap also changes from naïve to clever. The plot that, “Little Red Cap quickly fetched some large stones and filled the wolf’s belly with them.”(Brothers Grimm 15). After Little Red Cap comes from the wolf’s belly, she quickly fetched some large stones in it. It describe the aspect of the little girl is smart. Although before was eaten by the wolf, she is weak and doesn’t know how to deal with the dangerous, now she is very smart and knows how to handle the wolf. It means after this experience the little girl grow up. Moreover, Little Red Cap puts some large stones in the belly rather than sew the belly directly. After be cheat by the wolf, Little Red Cap choices kill the wolf rather than forgive it. It hints the characters of Little Red Cap are also changed. At beginning, she is naïve, kind, weak, but now she is calm, revengeful, and merciless. It is a big contrast.
Only after this experience the characters of Little Red Cap are thoroughly changed and the way she connects with strangers also be changed. She becomes calmness, cautious, and
Fitting in is always an issue in the world of teenage girls and some girls have better outcomes than others. “Snow White” by Grace Hu is a story about a teenage girl named Mary who is an albino. Mary struggles to be accepted because of her scary white exterior. Also she has low self confidence from being teased by her peers. Mary also only has one true friend that begins to drift apart from her. Another story that deals with the issue of acceptance is the story “Red Dress”. “Red Dress” by Alice Munro is a story about a teenage girl entering her first year of high school. She fights to be accepted and decides to go to the school dance with her one friend Lonnie, despite her terrible clothes put together by her crazy
After Ruby’s mom and step brother pass away, she relies on Simon and they finally get the bonding experience he always wanted. Simon does eventually pass away, nevertheless they had a good time together and Ruby learned valuable lessons. Ruby goes to find refuge and find a fellow nerd, which also so happens to be her classmate, Darius Spratt at first Ruby hated him, but it was required that Darius and her got along so that Ruby could complete her journey of finding her real dad. After a few days they split and Ruby becomes very sad, she realizes the importance of a friend, but she becomes very determined, she would go anywhere to reunite with her dad, it was her last hope. After a few days she finally found him and she burst with excitement and now understood that life was more than makeup and her phone, it was about family and relations with them, it was about others who mattered and Ruby now understood that. The reader could now infer that Ruby has completely changed into a brand new person for the better and that her life will forever be changed with her new
Little red riding hood is about a girl on a trip to her sick grandmother’s house but she had met a wolf on her way there. There are many different versions of this story, the Perrault version and Grimm version. There was also a parody of Little Red Riding Hood called Hoodwinked!. In all of the stories they all start with a mother giving something to give to her daughter. For her daughter to travel into the forest to give her grandmother what her mother had made.
There are countless amounts of stories that individuals read that have a deeper meaning, but it can be difficult to distinguish. George Saunders writes the two stories, "The Red Bow" and "Adams". The story, "The Red Bow" was published in April 2009 by Esquire, while "Adams" was published in 2004 by The New Yorker. Both short stories seem as if they are strange and fictitious narratives. However, within each story lies connections to events that have affected the United States, as well as numerous individuals. "The Red Bow" can be linked to the United States' relationship with Iraq in the 1990s and early 2000s, but more specifically Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq from 1979-2003 ("Saddam Hussein", 2017) and "Adams" can be associated with the 9/11 events and the reaction to those events; Saunders uses his stories and the events to show human reaction to certain, whether they effect a small group of people or entire countries.
"Riding The Red"at first glance is a simple narrative with a grandmother telling a story about a wolf, but with further analyzation the two themes of first love and innocent become very clear. The author’s repetition of certain words like blood and dance directs your attention to a deeper meaning hinting and connections to the "Little Red Riding Hood" which reflects back to the underlining message of what happens when a girl grows up.
______. His red hunting hat is symbolic of many things. He wears it during important times such as writing the composition about Allie’s baseball glove, yet he seems to be embarrassed to wear it in public. “I took my old hunting hat out… and put it on. I knew I wouldn’t meet anybody that knew me” (122). Even though he lacks confidence to wear it frequently, it becomes a part of how he sees himself. He acknowledges that it’s “corny” but he personally likes how it looks; it is a symbol of his uniqueness and desire to be different. The red color of the hat is also noteworthy, the same as Allie and Phoebe’s hair. He may associate ‘red’ with purity and innocence those characters represent and wears it as a connection to them.
I was very suspicious of people’s intentions. I had come to believe that people befriended only to exploit one another” (153)
When Holden Caulfield buys a red hunting hat he buys it for individuality and every time he mentions his special hat he searches for companionship from others. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the red hunting hat symbolizes Holden’s central conflict: the need for isolation vs the need for companionship.
Of all the different versions of the Little Red Riding Hood, they have one common factor, which is the wolf. In the versions I have mentioned above, the wolf stays the same throughout the stories; he is very malicious and calculated. He waits for the little girl, or girls in the story of "The Chinese Red Riding Hoods," as there are three sisters whose mother left to go visit the grandmother. While the wolf was outside and overheard the mother asking for the oldest daughter to watch for her younger sisters. When it was dark, he disguised himself as an elderly woman and knocked at the door of the three girls' house (Chang 1). In the other two versions, the wolf comes upon Little Red Riding Hood as she enters the forest and asks her where she is traveling to. In the version of The Brothers Grimm, he comes right on out and asks her where her grandmother lives. On the way to the cottage, the wolf distracts the girl by asking her why she doesn't look
Little Red Riding Hood is a fairytale known worldwide about an innocent little girl and a big bad wolf, or so it seems. Deeper investigation into the hidden meanings of this age-old ever changing fairy tale reveals many different tales all together; where the character’s true intentions and character traits might surprise you. Little Red Riding Hood can be traced back to the 10th century. One of the oldest documented versions originated from Italy by Italio Calvino, called The False Grandma.
She is forbidden to speak her mind, make plans for her own life and even venture out of the town into the forest. Red riding hood journey’s from the limiting boundaries of her home and ventures into the forest where she not only finds escape from these limits but also undergoes inspiring transformations. Travelling this forbidden path to be with her lover is a rebellious move on Valerie’s behalf. The further into the forest that Red Riding Hood travels, the more spacious and panoramic her views and paths become.
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.
Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Little Red Cap. Everyone believed that she was a sweet and innocent girl, but did someone else lay beneath her exterior? In the Brothers Grimm version of the story, Little Red Cap takes on the persona of childlike innocence. In the animated movie Hoodwinked!, she is seen as a young girl who is smart, independent, and named Red. There are numerous fairy tales that have been told throughout the course of history. Many of the tales remain independent and true to the original version, and then there are those that have been altered in many different ways. “Little Red Cap” has been revised into the version of “Little Red Riding Hood,” which many of us are familiar with, to the different and modern film version of Hoodwinked!. These stories are updated to appeal to modern generations, cultures and societal views. Consequently, they do pose many similarities, but their differences make each work unique in their own way.
Folktales has created men as the most powerful character in most stories but that does not mean always as there’s a difference in Grandmother’s tale and Little Red Riding hood. Different genders have different expectations according to their characteristics. The Red Riding Hood and Grandmother’s tale has produced ideas such as how a girl’s life is looked upon in the past and how the male has the upper hand in most situations according to the stories. This essay will argue about how the girl’s gender played a major role in the context of the story and how the wolf is represented by a male character and why the male is not always the most powerful character in all stories and the comparison
In the Grimms' version, both Red and her grandmother are eaten by the wolf, but miraculously saved by a huntsman who, instead of shooting the wolf, cuts open its belly, apparently while the wolf is still alive, in order to release first Little Red, and then her grandmother. Red then fills the wolf's belly with stones, and as a result, justice is served and the wolf dies. The moral of the Grimm's version also differs from that of Perrault. The Grimms emphasize obedience. Before she sets out, Red is given strict and fairly detailed instructions by her mother, not to stray from the path. The wolf tempts her from the path, she sins, and thus her being eaten by the wolf is often considered by critics as the punishment for her