Why Children should not read grimm fairytales
Stories today tell a message about life and how it is supposed to be. Fairytales tell stories on life also, but in a different perspective. Fairytales are fanciful tales of lengendary deeds and creatures. In the Grimm Brothers fairytales they are fairytales but with some kind of twist. The twist could be for the better; for example: Everybody living happily ever after together. The twist could also be for the worse, for example: A person turning into a creature and killing their own family. Grimm books today should not be read by childrena because it could affect how a child thinks, it could make them scared, and it could ruin thier outcome on life.
When a child hears a storu being read to them, or even when a child reads the book by himself or herself it affects how they think. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale The Little Brother and Sister, the little brother and sister kept going to streams to drink water. The stream said don't drink me or you will turn into a wolf, the little boy did not care so he drank the water and then became a wolf. That could affect how a child thinks because one, the child might think that the stream water could change them. Two, the child could become an animal if he drank the water. Children who have creative minds could be more affected by this, because if they read something like The Little Brither and Sister the children could come up with better scenarios then the two I listed above. Children should not read Grimm fairytales because it could affect the way they think about a subject forever.
Children who read something out of the ordinary could get scared by the outcome of what happens before the end of the story. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale Hansel and Grethel; Hansel and Grethel get abandoned in the woods by their father and step mom. They found an unknown path and walked down it to find a house that was made out of candy. The children started to eat it, as the witch/old grandma was grimacing over them. The children the next day wew then told that Grethel had to kill Hansel so then the witch could eat him for supper. If I were a child and read that children like me were held captive by a witch and if I had to kill my own brother to live; I would be scared to finish the soty too, even if the outcome was that they found there house and lived happily ever after with their father. Children who read a part in a story could get scared easily, and this is why a Grimm fairytale is not good for a child.
Children that can read a part of the story and say this is not the way this story is supposed to be knows that the story ruined the outcome on life; until the end. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale The Goose Girl, the fake wife disguised herself as his real wife so then she would not have to do her chores anymore. The queen herself had to do the chores because they thought she was the real slave as she tried to explain her story. Finally, the people found out that the queen that was now the slave was telling the truth, they took her to her castle, she explained her story, and the queen then became the queen again. The slave became the slave again and was never allowed around the castle anymore. If a child were to read about a queen being a slave they would think this would ruin the outcome on life just becuase children today think that queens so not need to do anything, and they have servants do the chores for them. They would also think that the slave should not be treated hand and foot by the servants when that should be the queen. Children believe if something is switched around that should not happen in real life, runined the outcome in life.
Grimm fairytales should not be read by children because it could affect the way that they think about one thing, it could make them scared of one or more things, and it could make them think that life is ruined by the outcome of the books. In The Little Brother and Sister that could affect the way that a child thinks because the little boy changed into a wolf by drinking swamp water. In Hansel and Grethel it could make a child scared because the witch wants Grethel to kill her own brother by putting him in an oven so that the witch could eat him for supper. In The Goose Girl the slave becomes the disguised queen, and the queen becomes the slave. This could change the outcome in the world because everyone should be treated equal not as seperate people. The Grimm fairytales all have a twist to them, a twist that children should not be reading.
References
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from Brother to Sister:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/008.txt
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from Hansel and Grethel:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/012.txt
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from The Goose Girl:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/066.txt
When a child hears a storu being read to them, or even when a child reads the book by himself or herself it affects how they think. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale The Little Brother and Sister, the little brother and sister kept going to streams to drink water. The stream said don't drink me or you will turn into a wolf, the little boy did not care so he drank the water and then became a wolf. That could affect how a child thinks because one, the child might think that the stream water could change them. Two, the child could become an animal if he drank the water. Children who have creative minds could be more affected by this, because if they read something like The Little Brither and Sister the children could come up with better scenarios then the two I listed above. Children should not read Grimm fairytales because it could affect the way they think about a subject forever.
Children who read something out of the ordinary could get scared by the outcome of what happens before the end of the story. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale Hansel and Grethel; Hansel and Grethel get abandoned in the woods by their father and step mom. They found an unknown path and walked down it to find a house that was made out of candy. The children started to eat it, as the witch/old grandma was grimacing over them. The children the next day wew then told that Grethel had to kill Hansel so then the witch could eat him for supper. If I were a child and read that children like me were held captive by a witch and if I had to kill my own brother to live; I would be scared to finish the soty too, even if the outcome was that they found there house and lived happily ever after with their father. Children who read a part in a story could get scared easily, and this is why a Grimm fairytale is not good for a child.
Children that can read a part of the story and say this is not the way this story is supposed to be knows that the story ruined the outcome on life; until the end. For example: In the Grimm Brother's fairytale The Goose Girl, the fake wife disguised herself as his real wife so then she would not have to do her chores anymore. The queen herself had to do the chores because they thought she was the real slave as she tried to explain her story. Finally, the people found out that the queen that was now the slave was telling the truth, they took her to her castle, she explained her story, and the queen then became the queen again. The slave became the slave again and was never allowed around the castle anymore. If a child were to read about a queen being a slave they would think this would ruin the outcome on life just becuase children today think that queens so not need to do anything, and they have servants do the chores for them. They would also think that the slave should not be treated hand and foot by the servants when that should be the queen. Children believe if something is switched around that should not happen in real life, runined the outcome in life.
Grimm fairytales should not be read by children because it could affect the way that they think about one thing, it could make them scared of one or more things, and it could make them think that life is ruined by the outcome of the books. In The Little Brother and Sister that could affect the way that a child thinks because the little boy changed into a wolf by drinking swamp water. In Hansel and Grethel it could make a child scared because the witch wants Grethel to kill her own brother by putting him in an oven so that the witch could eat him for supper. In The Goose Girl the slave becomes the disguised queen, and the queen becomes the slave. This could change the outcome in the world because everyone should be treated equal not as seperate people. The Grimm fairytales all have a twist to them, a twist that children should not be reading.
References
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from Brother to Sister:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/008.txt
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from Hansel and Grethel:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/012.txt
Grimm's Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19th, 2012, from The Goose Girl:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/066.txt
Grimm stories were made for older children
Grimm Brother's fairytales are presented in a different format compared to other fairytales. Other fairytales are about love, and how everyone lives happily ever after. In Grimm fairytales that dictate that discipline resulted or results in fear itself. For example: In the fairytale Oh, If I Could Shiver, the little boy got disciplined so he had ro go ring a bell. When he was about to ring the bell he saw a person there watching him; the little boy fell into fear, pushed the watching guy down the stairs, he rang the bell, and then he ran home. Fairytales the Grimm Brothers present to us are in the form that children of older ages could like and children of younger ages may not like because they are presented in the forms of fear, revenge, and using people.
When younger children read about fear they will think it could happen to them, but when older children read about fear they can think about fear itself, and know that it won't happen to them. For example: In Oh, If I Could but Shiver, a little boy has to ring a bell for a punishment. When he goes to the tower to ring the bell he see's a person in black that is watching him. The little boy fell into fear and pushed the guy in black down a flight of stairs, rings the bell, and ran home where he knew he was safe. If a younger child were to read this story he or she could think that if they do something alone that someone will always be watching them. If an older child reads this story he or she will think if they had to do anything alone there will be nobody watching them unless there parents are afar watching them. Stories like this one would be alright for an older child to read because their brains are more developed and they can think logically to think nobody will be watching them when they do something alone.
When younger children read a book that is placed on revenge they will think the worst of it, and when children who are older read a book that is placed on revenge they know that revenge is not right. For example: In Little Snow White, the queen placed revenge by trying to kill Snow White because Snow White was prettier than her. The queen tried to poison her with a comb, tied a ribbon around her waist so tight that she could not breathe, and poinsoned an apple. This part of the book could affect a young child because they could think that all forms of revenge could kill a person. This part of the book will not affect an older child because they know revenge is not the way to solve a problem, and when something bad happens, something good always comes in return.
When younger children read about people using people they feel bad for the person, when an older child reads about people usuing people they will think they either deserved it or they are doing it to see how they feel all the time. For example: In the fairytale The Valiant Little Tailor, the tailor uses the giant because the giant thought the tailor killed seven people but instead the tailor only killed seven flies. The giant makes the tailor copy him and the tailor finds the easier way out of it. When the giant asks the tailor to help him carry a tree out of the woods, the tailor sits on the tree instead of helping, and he laughs at the giant because he is not helping. When a younger child reads this, they would feel bad for the giant because he should not have to do all the work because he thought something different out of the tailor. When an older child reads this they will think that the giant didn't deserve to be used like that because the tailor lied to him, or when the giant made him hold the tree branch and the tailor couldn't hold it that he wanted the tailor to see how he felt all the time.
When books are in the format of fear, revenge, and using people younger children think about the possible outcomes that could happen to them while reading the books. In these examples I used above, the child could either think they were going to get stolen, die, and get used for something they did not even want to do. A younger child will think the worst from the Grimm Fairytales. An older child that would read the examples above would know that nobody will be watching him or her unless it was someone they knew, they would know they would not get poisoned or tried to get killed, and they know they can stop people from using them. Older children know that what happens in a story will stay in the story and not affect them, but a younger child does not know that. Children of older ages could like this format because they know how to relate it to life, and children of younger ages will not like this format because they will think the worse of it, and it could affect their life.
References
World Of Tales. (2008-2012). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from World of Tales:
http://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm_Fairy_Stories/Oh,_If_I_Could_But_Shiver!.html
Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from The Valiant Little Tailor:
http://www.authorama.com/grimm-fairy-tales-18.html
Grimm's Fairy Tales (n.d.). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from Little Snow White:
http://www.mordent.com/folktales/grimms/snowwhite/
When younger children read about fear they will think it could happen to them, but when older children read about fear they can think about fear itself, and know that it won't happen to them. For example: In Oh, If I Could but Shiver, a little boy has to ring a bell for a punishment. When he goes to the tower to ring the bell he see's a person in black that is watching him. The little boy fell into fear and pushed the guy in black down a flight of stairs, rings the bell, and ran home where he knew he was safe. If a younger child were to read this story he or she could think that if they do something alone that someone will always be watching them. If an older child reads this story he or she will think if they had to do anything alone there will be nobody watching them unless there parents are afar watching them. Stories like this one would be alright for an older child to read because their brains are more developed and they can think logically to think nobody will be watching them when they do something alone.
When younger children read a book that is placed on revenge they will think the worst of it, and when children who are older read a book that is placed on revenge they know that revenge is not right. For example: In Little Snow White, the queen placed revenge by trying to kill Snow White because Snow White was prettier than her. The queen tried to poison her with a comb, tied a ribbon around her waist so tight that she could not breathe, and poinsoned an apple. This part of the book could affect a young child because they could think that all forms of revenge could kill a person. This part of the book will not affect an older child because they know revenge is not the way to solve a problem, and when something bad happens, something good always comes in return.
When younger children read about people using people they feel bad for the person, when an older child reads about people usuing people they will think they either deserved it or they are doing it to see how they feel all the time. For example: In the fairytale The Valiant Little Tailor, the tailor uses the giant because the giant thought the tailor killed seven people but instead the tailor only killed seven flies. The giant makes the tailor copy him and the tailor finds the easier way out of it. When the giant asks the tailor to help him carry a tree out of the woods, the tailor sits on the tree instead of helping, and he laughs at the giant because he is not helping. When a younger child reads this, they would feel bad for the giant because he should not have to do all the work because he thought something different out of the tailor. When an older child reads this they will think that the giant didn't deserve to be used like that because the tailor lied to him, or when the giant made him hold the tree branch and the tailor couldn't hold it that he wanted the tailor to see how he felt all the time.
When books are in the format of fear, revenge, and using people younger children think about the possible outcomes that could happen to them while reading the books. In these examples I used above, the child could either think they were going to get stolen, die, and get used for something they did not even want to do. A younger child will think the worst from the Grimm Fairytales. An older child that would read the examples above would know that nobody will be watching him or her unless it was someone they knew, they would know they would not get poisoned or tried to get killed, and they know they can stop people from using them. Older children know that what happens in a story will stay in the story and not affect them, but a younger child does not know that. Children of older ages could like this format because they know how to relate it to life, and children of younger ages will not like this format because they will think the worse of it, and it could affect their life.
References
World Of Tales. (2008-2012). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from World of Tales:
http://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm_Fairy_Stories/Oh,_If_I_Could_But_Shiver!.html
Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from The Valiant Little Tailor:
http://www.authorama.com/grimm-fairy-tales-18.html
Grimm's Fairy Tales (n.d.). Retrieved November 5th 2012, from Little Snow White:
http://www.mordent.com/folktales/grimms/snowwhite/
Change from person to creature
The context and influence of the Grimm fairy tales is to take something and change it into something it is not. In fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast for example, the beast used to be a handsome man but since there was a curse put on him and his castle, he is always a beast; until the end when he becomes human again. In Grimm fairy tales they change a person to a creature back to a person, or they stay the creature forever and have to find a new way to live there life. For example: In the Seven Ravens, the dad got mad because the seven brothers did not bring the bucket back full of water, so he wished them all to be ravens. The Grimm Brothers made fairy tales to influence change from person to creature to show anger, pride, and survival needs,
To show anger in their fairy tales the Grimm Brothers used wishes that turned into reality. For example: In the Seven Ravens, the family wanted a daughter because they had seven sons. When they finally had a daughter, the chld was sick and small, and they wanted to have her baptized before she died. The brothers went to fetch a bucket of water from a well so they could have their sister baptized; when they dropped the bucket into the well, and no brother wanted to get it. The dad got angry because he wanted to baptize his little girl before she died and wished them all to be ravens. This is a good example of the influence of change because the seven boys were children but because the father was angry, they came back swarming around their parents heads as dark ravens.
To show pride in their fairy tales, the Grimm Brothers used pride to show that a person would never give up even if they looked like an animal in the end. For example: In Bearskin, there was a soldier and an evil spirit, and the evil spirit granted the soldier to be rich in seven years. To make the soldier become rich he could not wash himself, could not shavem or could not cut his fingernails. The soldier every year started to look more and more like a bear, but when he looked like a bear he gave all the poor money to help them and they prayed for him in return. Seven years later the evil spirit came back to him, shaved him, washed him, and cut his fingernails. He was back to himself, as a human. This is a good example on the way the Grimm Brothers influenced change because the evil spirit made the soldier become a scary creature, back to human just to show him what life would be like as a bear.
To show survival needs in their fairy tales, the Grimm Brothers used water to change people into different creatures. For example: The Little Boy and the Little Girl, the little boy and girl were thirsty so they kept going to creeks to get water. Every time they would go to a creek, the creek would tell them not to drink the water because it would turn them into a creature. The boy was so thirsty that he didn't care anymore and took a drink of water. Once he took a drink, he became a wolf, and had to live life like a wolf would then have to live. This is a good example on the way the Grimm Brothers influenced change because even though the little boy turned into a wolf; he did everything he could to save himself and his sister. Even though he died, he always kept his sister safe. He lived a new life and he had to live it as a wolf.
The Grimm Brothers influenced change in there fairy tales by showing anger, pride, and survival. They wanted to show a way in there fairy tales that are different because when people show anger, pride, and survival they kind of bring out an animal inside of them. They used animals in there fairy tales to show how the people were really thinking. The dad in the Seven Ravens was mad and changed his seven boys into ravens because ravens are black and black usually is a sign of ebil, or anger like the color red. The soldier in Bearskin showed pride when he shot a big black bear, so an evil spirit made him turn into a bear. The soldier also showed pride because he was able to be a bear for seven year. The boy in The Little Boy and the Little Girl showed survival because the little boy turned into a wolf. A wolf is an animal of suvival, so he did everything to keep him and his sister safe in the woods. The Grimm Brothers influenced change in their fairy tales to show the meaning of life when people get mad, because they change into a whole new person.
References
Brothers, G. (2005, January 17). Grimm Brothers. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from
Bearskin: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm
Brothers, G. (n.d.). Fairy Tales. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from The Seven
Ravens: http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-55.html
Yankeeweb. (n.d.). Tales from the Brothers Grimm. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from
Beauty and the Beast: http://www.yankeeweb.com/library/storytime/grimmbros/
grimmbros_5.html
Zeluna. (n.d.). Fairy Tale Home. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from Brother and
Sister: http://zeluna.net/grimms-fairytales-brotherandsister.html
To show anger in their fairy tales the Grimm Brothers used wishes that turned into reality. For example: In the Seven Ravens, the family wanted a daughter because they had seven sons. When they finally had a daughter, the chld was sick and small, and they wanted to have her baptized before she died. The brothers went to fetch a bucket of water from a well so they could have their sister baptized; when they dropped the bucket into the well, and no brother wanted to get it. The dad got angry because he wanted to baptize his little girl before she died and wished them all to be ravens. This is a good example of the influence of change because the seven boys were children but because the father was angry, they came back swarming around their parents heads as dark ravens.
To show pride in their fairy tales, the Grimm Brothers used pride to show that a person would never give up even if they looked like an animal in the end. For example: In Bearskin, there was a soldier and an evil spirit, and the evil spirit granted the soldier to be rich in seven years. To make the soldier become rich he could not wash himself, could not shavem or could not cut his fingernails. The soldier every year started to look more and more like a bear, but when he looked like a bear he gave all the poor money to help them and they prayed for him in return. Seven years later the evil spirit came back to him, shaved him, washed him, and cut his fingernails. He was back to himself, as a human. This is a good example on the way the Grimm Brothers influenced change because the evil spirit made the soldier become a scary creature, back to human just to show him what life would be like as a bear.
To show survival needs in their fairy tales, the Grimm Brothers used water to change people into different creatures. For example: The Little Boy and the Little Girl, the little boy and girl were thirsty so they kept going to creeks to get water. Every time they would go to a creek, the creek would tell them not to drink the water because it would turn them into a creature. The boy was so thirsty that he didn't care anymore and took a drink of water. Once he took a drink, he became a wolf, and had to live life like a wolf would then have to live. This is a good example on the way the Grimm Brothers influenced change because even though the little boy turned into a wolf; he did everything he could to save himself and his sister. Even though he died, he always kept his sister safe. He lived a new life and he had to live it as a wolf.
The Grimm Brothers influenced change in there fairy tales by showing anger, pride, and survival. They wanted to show a way in there fairy tales that are different because when people show anger, pride, and survival they kind of bring out an animal inside of them. They used animals in there fairy tales to show how the people were really thinking. The dad in the Seven Ravens was mad and changed his seven boys into ravens because ravens are black and black usually is a sign of ebil, or anger like the color red. The soldier in Bearskin showed pride when he shot a big black bear, so an evil spirit made him turn into a bear. The soldier also showed pride because he was able to be a bear for seven year. The boy in The Little Boy and the Little Girl showed survival because the little boy turned into a wolf. A wolf is an animal of suvival, so he did everything to keep him and his sister safe in the woods. The Grimm Brothers influenced change in their fairy tales to show the meaning of life when people get mad, because they change into a whole new person.
References
Brothers, G. (2005, January 17). Grimm Brothers. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from
Bearskin: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm
Brothers, G. (n.d.). Fairy Tales. Retrieved November 5, 2012, from The Seven
Ravens: http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-55.html
Yankeeweb. (n.d.). Tales from the Brothers Grimm. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from
Beauty and the Beast: http://www.yankeeweb.com/library/storytime/grimmbros/
grimmbros_5.html
Zeluna. (n.d.). Fairy Tale Home. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from Brother and
Sister: http://zeluna.net/grimms-fairytales-brotherandsister.html