Little Red Riding Hood

her mother to lock her up, though her mother refused. As she got older she lived up to this potential. She wore a dog collar with her name scratched into it by rock (though she claims that she scratched it with her teeth), ripped up jeans, and a dark red shirt. This made the children scream, they all would run, but she just laughed. Her mother became worried and told her the story of the wolf and what it did, Ruby just laughed and said “I would never eat a girl, her grandmother and I do this for my

Postmodern Children’s literature Modern picture books are much more informative than the ancient fairy tales and folklores. An artist can express his /her idea vividly through the picture, the words are insufficient to describe a certain situation. David Wiesner's The Three Pigs, Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park, and Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's The Stinky Cheese Man are the fine examples of postmodern picture books. If the children are taught explaining the illustration with a minimal amount

It’s getting a little hot in here, isn’t it? That’s because Red Queen has unearthed what I never thought could occur: A mini Darkling. That’s right. Yet another morally ambiguous character and I am sold. I’m a book pusher and I’m going to push this one right into your hearts. Red Queen is the fantasy that I’ve been searching for. You’ve probably all heard the comparisons before and honestly, they speak the truth. Red Queen took the best elements from all our favourites (and our not so much) tales

After about two moons of training, Whisperpaw grew into a fit warrior cat apprentice. Owlstar stood up from where he sat, Whisperpaw by his side. “Could you make sure the elders are comfortable? We don’t want a cranky Scartail for long, do we?” At this, Whisperpaw widened her eyes in mock terror. “No way! When he’s grumpy, the whole forest is grumpy, too!” she replied. Owlstar grinned as he watched her pad away to the elders’ hollow, which was hidden away behind a fallen tree trunk. He turned back

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

The Last Wish, a fictional work by Andrzej Sapkowski, illustrates a journey made by the legendary witcher, Geralt of Rivia. For the purpose of context, a witcher is someone that is specially trained from birth to be a monster hunter. Witchers acquire many talents throughout their vigorous training which include incredible strength, extraordinary sight, strong magic resistance, and amazing healing ability. Since The Last Wish is the first book in a series of seven books that lay out the adventures

Penelope and her grandmother watch as Edward ran away in hopes that he'd learn to stay away. Watching him run down the path they thought it was safe to now continue walking to their third and final destination, the wizberry bushes. Walking down the path of bushes it was hard to tell which was the wizberry bushes. Penelope looking confused turned towards her grandmother. "Grandmother how do you tell which of these is in fact the true wizberry bush?" Turning towards Penelope grandmother said, "You

“Aladdin” the Disney Version Aladdin is a classical Arabian fairy tale that was used as a basis for many movies and cartoons. The main character of the story is a poor young man who achieves the princess and other rewards with the aid of magical powers and own personality. Writers from many countries used similar plots. For example, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen used such characters and situations in his tales The Tinder-box and The Flying Trunk. Stories have many differences, like author

I was at the pier. It was approximately 2 AM and I was wondering why I was out there I fell asleep that night and all of a sudden I was there then I noticed it was a full moon and I remember that I was bitten by a werewolf and this was my first transformation. I also remembered that I needed to be careful because the vampires are out and a long time ago we became enemies and we’re still enemies today we’ve been trying to kill one another or transform others to join the group our base is underground

Imagine waking up each morning 500 meters below the surface of Mars being told that you’re a “pioneer” of the new age, only to discover after 17 years that there are cities thriving while you and your kind are still toiling away underground. In the book “Red Rising” by Pierce Brown, this is the situation for the main character, Darrow. Darrow struggles with his discovery of the truth, the loss of his great love Eo, and the challenge of changing his identity in order to help the Red’s rise. Identity, truth