Analyzing “Little Red Riding Hood”

Analyzing slim blood-red go Hood Tammy J. Cooper ENG 125 Instructor Adenekan 3 expose 2013 Analyzing Little Red riding Hood In life, at sensation time or another we restrain had a moment that we contrive so innocently put ourselves in the path of harm or danger, just as the childlike char in the short accounting Little Red Riding Hood (Perrault, 1697). We all need to mind of our surrounding, to be real cargonful about talking to strangers. For danger, violence, and even off closing can come disguised in beaten(prenominal) things as the fore in Little Red Riding Hood suggests.There are several(prenominal) literary elements that contri simplye to the theme of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. I will analyze these elements as I have interpreted them. Perrault uses omniscient point of view to tell this story. This is observed in the first sentence of the first paragraph, Once upon a time on that point lived in a certain village a little verdant girl, the prettiest cr eature who was ever suck upn (as cited in Clugston, 2010, constituent 4. 1, para. 1).Omniscient point of view obviously means that the reader is privy to every characters inner thoughts and feelings in appendix it allows the reader to go in and out of each character thoughts passim the story. In this short story the reader gets the thoughts and feelings of both Little Red and the wolf. The tone of Little Red Riding Hood is a pith to teach the danger in talking to or trusting strangers. For many an(prenominal) strangers cannot and should not be trusted. That evil does exist and it has many faces, even familiar faces.The setting of this story is a medieval village on the keenness of a large swarthy forest. Which today could be a kind suburb on the edge of a huge unfriendly dark city? This story has five characters in it however, the story focuses on the young woman wearing a red-hooded cape, the wolf, and their encounter, As she was going through the wood, she met with a wol f, who had a very great mind to eat her up, nevertheless he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did ot go that it was self-destructive to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother (as cited in Clugston, 2010, section 4. 1, para. 4). In reading Little Red Riding Hood, my interpretation of the symbolism is based on things in the 21st century. In my mind, I see Red not as a little girl but as a young woman just coming of age. She is very beautiful and quite desirable. The wolf is not a four-legged animal but a two-legged man with bad morals and evil thoughts.There are sundry(a) kinds of wolves. There are those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet who pursue young woman at home and in the street. And unfortunately, it is these gentle wolves who are the most dangerous ones of a ll. Whereas, Red still thinks with a pure, loving, and trusting heart and mind as do many young females do today? In addition, where it enounce the wolf eats Red, And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up (as cited in Clugston, 2010, section 4. 1, para. 27).The wolf does not actually eat Red but rapes and violates her larceny her innocence from her forever. The plot of the story contributes to the theme of the story by presentment us of the dangers of talking to strangers. We all need to beware of our surroundings and to be so very careful in speaking to strangers, for danger, violence, loss of innocence, and even death can come disguised in things and people that are very familiar to us. References Clugston, R. W. , (2010). Journey into Literature. Retrieved from http//content. ashford. edu/books/AUENG125. 10. 2? sections=sec4. 1