Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood


Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, nicknamed Red. But this story isn’t about her because she is the villain. Yes, the villain. And where there is a villain there is a hero. Today’s hero isn’t the common Prince Charming, since he is a wolf after all. A wolf who thwarted Little Red Riding Hood’s evil plan.

The wolf was doing his everyday business. He would go out to the store to buy groceries and deliver them to his grandma who lives by herself on the other side of the woods. The wolf would always go around the woods since there were bandits around there but this time he was running late so he went through the woods. What a mistake that was.

As the wolf went into the woods he thought he was safe, but that was because he didn’t know he was being followed by Little Red Riding Hood. Red was one of those smart villains who used trickery instead of brawn. Red knew that he could not take on the wolf so he would have to use a trap. Red and gotten to Wolf’s grandma before Wolf got there. She set the most elaborate trap ever used. There were invisible laser beams which if touched would activate the trap. Then a net would come out at lightning speed catching the wolf.

As wolf neared the house he didn’t go through the front door. He went through the back which his grandma always left open so he could surprise her. As he went in he noticed grandma was nowhere to be seen. He looked in her bedroom and noticed the bed sheets were ruffled. Grandma always tidies up after herself. He knew there must have been a struggle. He looked for where the culprit could be hiding and that was when he heard a thump. It came from the attic. Wolf went up to check but there was nothing. Then he got thumped in the back of the head. He got up woozily to see that it was grandma. “Why’d you do that,” wolf asked.

“Whoops, I thought you were the little evil one who put me here.” Grandma replied.

“Evil? Who would be evil enough to capture a harmless old lady?” Wolf asked with curiosity.
                                                                                                                                                                                             
“I think I was bait,” grandma said with a smaller tone.

“Bait. To get who,” Wolf said in a larger tone.

“You,” Grandma said in worry.

“There you are,” A figure in the shadows said.

“Who are you,” Wolf asked

“I am Little Red Riding Hood. Call me Red.” Red replied. While saying that Red launched herself at Wolf but that was where it went downhill. If she had kept using trickery she could have won, but she lost her cool when her trap didn’t work and tried to use brawn. That’s why she ended up in jail by the hands of Wolf. That’s the real story of Little Red Riding Hood.
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In the story that all of you might believe in Little Red Riding Hood is usually the good person. Since the view changed your thoughts would have changed too. Now you like Wolf better because the narrator was on his side. Because of that you were on the narrators side which made your thoughts bias. Your thoughts are one of the features about you that can be changed easily which is why narrators take advantage of it and make you think one way instead of having you consider all the possibilities. 

1 comment:

  1. I really like this point of view piece. The spelling and grammar was great, i think i only saw one spelling error. You change the story and now when i hear the story I won't think of it the same.

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