OWH MY RED RIDING HOOD

    One of the task given by the lecturer was, all the student need to tell their favourite childhood story. I was so confused because there are so many story that so interesting to share with my classmate. But then i found out a story that be my favourite childhood story ever. The Red Riding Hood.

1. The reason/s you choose the story

One of the most reason of why i choose this story is,i am sick with all the old lame fable always told by geezer which all story will lead to a happy ending. Is it for real??? At first, just like other children, i do believe in happy ending but then when i grew up a Little bit and started to think, i found out that life will not be as what we want. There must be a diversion in all that. We wont smile and happy all the time,sometimes we need tears to sketch our life and that is life what is all about. and this story is totally different from what i have been tell of. This is the story which i say "this is the story should be". As the story end, the maiden who supposedly alive and save from being a food for the wolves will die and eat by the wolves.In other version of Red Riding Hood, the maiden supposedly alive after the woodcutter come for the rescue. The wolves finally get stuffed by for eating the grandmother and the maiden.

2. What element(s) in the story that make you think that the story is interesting

What i like most from this story is, the use of  symbolism in it. At the end of the story we may wanna say that it have a good symbolism and a great theme.Trust no body and ride the world with no regret. You are what you choose to be. I do believe that element of suspend did play a good role in helping playing with the reader interpretation. Most reader may conclude the ending of the story without finish their reading. for this story, they will lost their hurry and stick to the story. At the end of the story the reader will ask lots of question why.

  

3.The portrayal of characters in the story

         In this story, you may found out that there are 2 main characters and 2 other characters. A maiden who wear a read hood and a wolves.other 2 character are a grandmother and the woodcutter. each of the character may symbolize to certain gender and had their own issues, for example :

       

    The Wolves         :- Symbolized man....how wicked man can be
                              achieving their own need or towards woman.

   The Maiden       :- Symbolized women...how stupid and naive woman
                               can be in making decision.

   The Woodcutter  :- Symbolized  man...man cannot be expected.as we
                             will hope that the woodcutter will come  for the
                             rescue but then he don't show up...
  
  The Grandmother  :- Symbolized women...how hopeless woman can
                              be when they are old...as in they live for nothing.

  4. The plot of the story

       The writer use a simple and normal plot however the ending of the story is totally different from what we expect and it make this story become unique and interesting.It is not a happy ending and totally  beyond expectation.

      5.  The suitability of the story as children story

       I strongly suggest that children should read the other version of  this story first. Then they should read this version as they will keep questioning why it happened and the story changed in the end. Parental guidance will be better for them so it will help them in understanding the real moral value and lesson in this story.