Little Red Riding Hood Analysis
Genre Piece 2: Short Story I decided to rewrite the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” because it seemed very fitting in relation to my topic of rape. In the story, Little Red is tricked by a wolf into taking off her red hood that protects her from wolves. She is then attacked by the wolf, and afterwards she runs to the village begging for help. Unfortunately no one will help her; they give the responses countless give to victims of sexual assault, and so Little Red cries. Then a hunter decides to help her and teaches her how to defend herself, they kill the wolf and Little Red is never a victim again. However, unlike this story, most rape victims never receive a happy ending, and never receive justice.
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In The Guardian’s article, “Prosecuting Sexual Assault”, Gentleman states, “ More recent analysis of the figures, based on a more usual definition of conviction rate (the proportion of cases prosecuted in the courts), suggests that 62.5% of rape cases end in a conviction”(Reilly 1). This shows that countless criminals walk free, and a multitude of victims do not receive justice. They will have to live in fear with knowledge that their rapist is walking around in the world. It seems there is nothing to be done, but in fact, there is. Rape kits that could help the victim receive justice are left to sit in a freezer for decades allowing rapists to commit more crimes. Reilly brings up this point in USA Today, “After 18 years without justice, Joanie Scheske believed the man who raped her would never be caught. That changed when St. Louis police called in 2009. Evidence in a separate, eight-year old sexual assault was finally tested and matched her attacker's DNA. Rapist Mark Frisella, whose attack was so brutal Scheske still suffers from epilepsy, is serving 19 years in prison. "I had a really difficult time wrapping my head around why that rape kit was never tested," Scheske said. "My case is a poster child as to why you test these kits.” A USA TODAY Media Network investigation identified tens of thousands of sexual assault evidence kits never tested by police”( Reilly 1).
This story, symbolic of a victim’s story, …show more content…
In The Guardian’s article, “Prosecuting Sexual Assault”, Gentleman states, “ More recent analysis of the figures, based on a more usual definition of conviction rate (the proportion of cases prosecuted in the courts), suggests that 62.5% of rape cases end in a conviction”(Reilly 1). This shows that countless criminals walk free, and a multitude of victims do not receive justice. They will have to live in fear with knowledge that their rapist is walking around in the world. It seems there is nothing to be done, but in fact, there is. Rape kits that could help the victim receive justice are left to sit in a freezer for decades allowing rapists to commit more crimes. Reilly brings up this point in USA Today, “After 18 years without justice, Joanie Scheske believed the man who raped her would never be caught. That changed when St. Louis police called in 2009. Evidence in a separate, eight-year old sexual assault was finally tested and matched her attacker's DNA. Rapist Mark Frisella, whose attack was so brutal Scheske still suffers from epilepsy, is serving 19 years in prison. "I had a really difficult time wrapping my head around why that rape kit was never tested," Scheske said. "My case is a poster child as to why you test these kits.” A USA TODAY Media Network investigation identified tens of thousands of sexual assault evidence kits never tested by police”( Reilly 1).