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Compare And Contrast Little Red Riding Hood
As I write this compare and contrast essay on the Little Red Riding Hood. I chose the two stories “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault. These two stories are somewhat close to being similar, yet so far away because it has it differences between these stories. In the story of “Little Red Cap” they described the little girl as little girl who everyone loved. Her grandmother loved her the most of all so she decides to give her a gift. The gift was a little red velvet cap, the little girl did not want to wear anything else, so everyone calls her little red cap. In “Little Red Riding Hood” she was described as the prettiest girl that was ever seen. The little girl mother adored her so much, but her grandmother adored her even more. In this story her grandmother makes her a red hood like the ones that fine ladies wear when they go riding. The hood suited the child so well everybody was calling her Little Red Riding Hood. As the little girls starts to embark upon her journey, her mother tells her to go in both of these stories, but in the Grimm version her mother gives her specific directions on how to behave. Her directions were to start walking now before it gets too well; walk properly like a good little girl, and don’t leave the …show more content…
The woodsman realized a very outrageous loud snore coming from the old lady house. So, he goes into the house and see this wolf and calls him an old sinner. He found some scissors and started cutting the sleeping wolf belly open. When he continued cutting he seen a red cloth and continued cutting until Little Red Cap jumped out and so did the grandmother. Little Red Cap runs outside to grabs big stones and places the stones in his belly. The woodsman sews the wolf stomach. He wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that his legs would not carry him and he fell

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