The three little pigs had always been one of my favourite childhood stories! This tale shows two types of heroes one being a hero as warrior and the other a anti hero. These two heroic archetypes is why I love this classic story so much. The first and second pig posses the anti- hero trait as they fail to build a strong home for themselves. Their wishful thinking that a house built of either sticks or straw is humorous to us, as we know that could never work. The third pig shows the qualities of a hero as warrior as he faces the challenge of building a house strong enough to with stand the wolfs "then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in". All three pigs do have this heroic quality of facing their external enemy, but the failure of the other two pigs leave pig number three possessing the warrior side to this heroic quality. Although this story is short it does a great job of showing the two types of heroes we see in a many stories today.
I love this story too! Are the two first pigs anti-heroes? What qualities are possessed by an anti hero that we see in this story?
ReplyDeleteYes, I would say the first two pigs are anti-heroes because of the faliures they face buliding their houses. When we are reading the story we are often laughing at the first two pigs because we know that a house can not be built from straw or sticks. The humor we gain from reading about there crazy idea to build a strong house then further shows anti-hero trait these character possess.
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