Writing Homework Help

In the Grimms’ version of the story, the little girl starts out on her journey with explicit instructions from her mother. When at the end of the story, Little Red Cap and Grandmother are miraculously saved by the Woodsman, the moral of the story is clear: obey your mother and beware of strangers. So it is a very different tale from Perrault’s version.

“Hansel and Gretel” recounts how two young children survive two attempts by their parents to kill them. So there’s no question of being obedient to parental authority here. In a story about the treachery of adults, how would you describe its moral? Is a story inappropriate for young children given its plot line?

read the little read cap and Hansel and Gretel in the attachment.