The student I read to pointed out to me that the wolf was the “bad guy” and Little Red Riding Hood was the “good guy”. Although these roles aren’t directly stated, they are very obvious and lead him to make predictions about that rest of the story based on these archetypal character associations. The villain’s style of animation and expressions shows the reader that they should be wary of this character and predict that they will probably cause problems for the protagonist. Therefore, archetypes in a text help to label characters in their given role in the
The student I read to pointed out to me that the wolf was the “bad guy” and Little Red Riding Hood was the “good guy”. Although these roles aren’t directly stated, they are very obvious and lead him to make predictions about that rest of the story based on these archetypal character associations. The villain’s style of animation and expressions shows the reader that they should be wary of this character and predict that they will probably cause problems for the protagonist. Therefore, archetypes in a text help to label characters in their given role in the