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.
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I personally relate to the young narrator in “salvation” very much. This is because growing up, my mothers side of the family (which is the one I lived with) were very religious. Every single Sunday they used to always take me to church, and I also grew up in a very lively church that always sang a lot, did a whole bunch of praising the lord, and didn’t end until the choir and pastor felt like it should be over. Just like the young narrator, when I was little and I used to go to church a lot (I still sometimes go but not very frequently), I also hesitated to run up to the altar because I was so young I had no idea what was going on, and some of the people inside of the church reacted very similarly to the young narrators family, They didn’t necessarily cry, but heavily questioned me although I was just a child and wondered why I wasn’t doing what everyone else was doing.
