Little Red Riding Hood: Personal Response

When I read this descriptive gruesome fairy tale, the thing that stuck out the most for me was the character of the wolf (as the grandmother). The whole time I was reading this characters role, I couldn’t help but think of a pedophile, or rapist, in today’s society, especially the rapist who affected my neighborhood and surrounding houses.

The wolf was too “afraid” to eat the little girl in public, what a normal wild animal would do, and instead goes to her mother’s house and gains entry by pretending to be the little girl. This reminded me of the man that almost raped my next-door neighbor. He would travel around to neighborhoods and look for houses up for sale. He then would knock on the door and ask to look at the home, misleading them like he was interested in buying it. He made sure than the man of the house had left for work, and at this time the mother and daughter were the only ones home. When he went to the door, the daughter opened the door and he gave his “dialogue”, that had unfortunately worked for other innocent houses. She refused to let him in and told him to contact their realtor for an appointment. This didn’t work and he barged his way through, but luckily for the girl the mother was in the nearby kitchen and heard what was happening. The mom called 911 and the man was arrested and charged with “rape”, for the other previous events, and “breaking and entering”.

…I tried to look up the article that was posted in the newspaper but I couldn’t find anything since it was years ago, when I was in Middle School.

In every version of the Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf (as the grandmother) has a creepy and perverted vibe to him. You not only are frightened because he is the villain in this fairy tale, not to mention he is a terrifying WOLF, but I believe he is also sexually sick, and does not just want to eat her…