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Most of the fairy tales I had read to me as a child, in fact. I was too young to put two and two together to get a lot of subtext. Red Riding Hood? A classic werewolf story. Hansel and Gretel? OMG cannibalism! Those are just more obvious examples. As an adult I did some study on fairy tales and there is some pretty scary stuff lurking there! I made a post a bit earlier about one book I read regarding fairy tales and their true meanings.
The Giving Tree? Not disturbing, but I always thought that the boy incredibly selfish. Took everything from the tree, gave nothing back.
Most of the fairy tales I had read to me as a child, in fact. I was too young to put two and two together to get a lot of subtext. Red Riding Hood? A classic werewolf story. Hansel and Gretel? OMG cannibalism! Those are just more obvious examples. As an adult I did some study on fairy tales and there is some pretty scary stuff lurking there! I made a post a bit earlier about one book I read regarding fairy tales and their true meanings.
The Giving Tree? Not disturbing, but I always thought that the boy incredibly selfish. Took everything from the tree, gave nothing back.
