Week 10- Sanaya Kosanovich

My attitude about fairytales changed due to this week’s reading of Hansel and Gretel. The story of Hansel and Gretel to me was the parents had lost the kids in the woods and had not left them there.  Now that I know the original story it is surprising that the Mother was evil and left them in the woods because they didn’t have enough money. Before knowing the original story I thought fairy tales were all happy and had a happy ending. Although, that is not the case with Snow White or Hansel and Gretel. The stories are very dark, blunt, and pretty violent. I do think the lessons being taught are important, but of course, they should be taught in a softer more understanding way. For me, I will be looking at fairy tales differently because being an adult now and learning the stories that were told to me were very different.