Monday, October 11, 2010

Little Red Riding Hood, that trouble-maker....

So I found this cartoon comic in relation to Little Red Riding Hood. Honestly, the wolf has always been an interesting character to me. Why choose to go after this particular little girl? Why was the grandmother not enough? He's got an odd sense of humor. Well, I feel like these are mostly questions that look into the story too much, but what about an updated look into the story?



Personally, I like this comic. I think that demonstrates the change that our age is going through. We're developing so fast, that tastes change and can see what we've changed from. This comic in particular shows the change from the majority of the civilizations just trying to get by on food, to entire cultures becoming very particular and picky about their food. Just a hundred years ago one would've been happy to have a meal on the table and now their are even groups on campus that will refuse to eat something that is not "all-natural" or "green".  It also gives a better sense of how the world has changed by way of health and vanity. In the original fairy tales, the wolf merely comments that the grandmother tasted "tough" and was skinny and lean. Now he has to eat her artificial hip, wig, and false teeth. One is more of a health necessity, but by most standards, a wig and false teeth are purely for physical appearance. Knowing the original fairy tales, this comic very simply demonstrates the changes in society from when the story was created to now.

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