Drew's first entry for ENGL 360

So I am new at this whole blogging thing - but we will see how it goes. Also, I just realized that it is 1:30am - which means it is technically Friday. However, I am going to have to count this as Thursday because I am going to need to do another entry tomorrow.

I am thoroughly shocked by the grotesque nature of many of the fairy tales that we have read thus far. I realize the stories were not originally written for children, but it amazes me that people found cannibalism and rape entertaining. In class, we were discussing the theme of rape in Little Red Riding Hood, and I have to wonder if it were not a more common occurrence in that day and age. If a woman was raped, there was a high likelihood that she would not have spoken of the incident. In those days and times, punishments really did not exist to punish those men who raped women, and the women of that time would not have fought back against a man as strongly as the women of today. I wonder if it was almost acceptable in some cultures for men to exert their power over women and thus making rape a more common occurrence.

However, I do appreciate that even though the earlier stories are more gruesome and scary, LRRH still overcomes the wolf. So it is almost like she takes revenge for what has been done to her.

I guess that will be enough for now. I will definitely be blogging again tomorrow to discuss more.