Sunday, February 24, 2008

Once upon a Time

The story I just read is called Once upon a Time. It was a very well written story and I enjoyed it a lot.

This story has a pretty classic theme in my opinion. I have seen it a lot in literature. This is the fact that you always need more. You see something that someone else has and despite the fact that what you have is just as good you need their’s too. This idealism will also lead to the downfall of a loved one or yourself.

This story has a lot of elements that are seen in fairy tales as well. One element in this was the presence of an old witch. This old witch has played many roles in fairytales from attempted assassination to the gift bearer. This witch played the gift bearer and was seen in the nice role. She brought the child a space suit and a book of fairy tales, which I also thought was interesting as this story has a lot of those elements in it. I think this was the most important recurring role in this story.

One thing I found very cool about this story was that it happened in a modern day sort of setting. It was a typical rich couple with a son that all of these things were happening too. They need a lot of security and I thought the final execution of the end of the story was incredibly well written. The fact that it happened to the one character that could care less about all of this made it all the more ironic. I liked how he did this though because in most of the fairy tales I have seen this in the downfall is that of the one who wants everything. I really liked how it was.

In conclusion I think that this is my favorite story so far that we have read. I hope there are more like it because this was a really entertaining read.

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