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Author Insight
Granny is capable.
Thoughts about the story, Innocence Red, or Little Red Riding Hood. I write about strong maidens or matrons who overcome tyranny and suppression by facing ignorant dominance. BECAUSE as a child and young adult, I was --> female, second to a male; --> lady, second to a lad; --> women, second to the man; --> she or her, second to he; ---> heroine, second the hero! Unfortunately, still 'he' leads and solves the problems and dilemmas of our world. As a girl and young adult pushed from the success frame because of my sex, I needed a place in the stories, in the plots. So I write with my mature feminine voice about strong maidens or matrons who battled against oppression cause by a 'him”. as a villain, a male antagonist. In my last piece, PURSUED, a Russian folktale, the ugly frog skin of a princess is burnt by a selfish prince, the fool. I did use a male's helper because this fool needed to know what his failure was.The fool does not understand balance and equality in a partnership only that a female's beauty is for his prestige. My feminine protagonist needs to conquer this hateful message as does Faery Rhyonna who rids Zzuf from her realm.
Book Excerpt
Damsels Overcome
The wolf was the first tamed animal our pet dog, ho helped the ancient hunters. During, the middle-ages farmers cut down the trees and the people took over the woods. Imagine a wolf in survival mode. So the remaining wolves in the woods became evil, cunning, monsters used in our horror stories.
Today, the wolf as a metaphor - one who fools with a veiled purpose of selling, which is eating of sorts. The wolf a horrible, negative nemesis in our cautionary tales --> gloomy, glum, gnarled, graved, grim, groping, gruff, and guilty. The wolf is the bad person we must avoid or manage for our safety.
Young children are not to talk to a stranger that person may be a wolf who may eat them. As in this folktale, a wolf dressed in Granny’s clothing wants to eat the child. What does this say about the Granny - dumb and stupid to let a wolf scare her; or evil because a wolf may be inside Granny's clothing.
HA! Know this —-> Granny is the strong, positive protagonist —> gentle, gallant, genuine, good-willed, generous, genius, good-natured, gorgeous, great, grand, and grateful and a guard.
After having my children and grandchildren, especially a teenage granddaughter, I see the journey to Granny’s house is a personal journey to stay on the path one selects so to become a Granny to offer comfort with tea and cakes. Innocent Red with the help of her ‘would’ cutter is able to become a Granny.
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