Comparing Grimm's The Hare And Hedgehog

With classical children’s literature we have to ask ourselves, what makes a classic? It can’t just be that it’s old a classic must achieve something else, something that has either caused it to endure time or there must be something about it that remains relevant to children and adults alike across the generations. Ultimately, the stories have to be read, and re-read withstanding the times of change in society. Classic children’s literature should offer or bestow a warmhearted and enjoyable feeling and in that ensures retelling by family members through generation, it’s own inheritance and its free from the start. Nevertheless, whether a true classic that has tested time, a modern classic which gains praise from all angles to future works

The dark truth that the world is an ugly place and that there are true villains and “creepers” in the world. Life is hard and I feel Grimm adds an aspect to children’s literature that many tend not to explore. It’s hard to pick just one Grimm Tale as so many were favorites growing up and continue to be in my adult life, and the tales I share with my own child. Two of my favorite fairy tales by Grimm are The Hare and the Hedgehog. The moral of this story is, first, that no one, however distinguished he thinks himself, should make fun of a lesser man, even if this man is a hedgehog. Secondly, when a man marries, it is recommended that he take a wife from his own class, one who looks just like him. In other words, a hedgehog should always take care that his wife is also a hedgehog, and so forth. Furthermore, my other favorite by Grimm would be the The Peasant and the Devil, that teaches the reader in the end of the tale, "you can outwit the devil if you are patient and wise and think ahead." Subsequently, saying thinking ahead you can do anything. As far as this class goes and the assigned readings I will have to go with Rumpelstiltskin. This tale basically teaches us, “Don't count your chickens before they hatch.” A classic proverb to warn someone not to plan anything, that depending on the future or good things to come which you expect to happen in the future and to wait till it happens is not always the best way. This story and proverb simplified is to tell people not to be too sure in hoping for something to happen, will actually happen at all. Morals and common life lessons can be found throughout all children’s literature. What I hope is that parents, even just adults, will always find the original versions of the famous tales and truly understand what the lessons are. I hope that the new age falling in love living happily ever after has not changed the world for the worse too