mskelly

I think that the theme of sickness throughout the novel is due to many diffenent things. Tayo is not only sick because of what he experienced during the war but beacuse he is happy with the rest of his life. he does not feel that he fits in well with his culture because he is half white and half indian. His aunt does not accept him because of this and other people such as Emo reject him because of this.
It would be really easy if Tayo could be cured but medicine, but the medicine men and Tayo know that it is not possible. Tayo may not want to admit that he cannot be cured easily but he realizes what he has to do. The ceremony that he goes through helps him resolves all the parts of his life and once he is happy with all aspects of his life then he is cured.

I always thought that fairy tales were happy stories that ended in a good way. There are so many different versions of fairy tales but for the most part they are all the similar and end in happily ever after. I may have thought that some fairy tales have a little lesson to be learned from them but for the most part I thought that they were for entertainment. I believe that most people read their children fairy tales because they are good stories and make everyone happy.
After reading the Grimms Tales I view fairy tales a little differently. They may have wrote those stories to teach older children a lesson. I don’t think that younger children would understand the lessons and may even be sacred of the stories. I have never read the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” before when both the grandmother and girl get eaten and don’t get saved at the end. In the versions I have read they always get rescued at the end. It may be a good way to teach children, but only if they understand it. If a child has to look for a deeper meaning in a story to find a lesson they may not be able to do that and then they will have only read a story that may be upsetting or scary.
If I had never read a story like “Little Red Riding Hood” or “Cinderella” before and I read the Grimms version of then for the first time I may have seen some meaning and been able to understand the moral of both the stories. However, since I have already read both the stories and I know more pleasant versions it is hard to thnink that this is the best way to entertain and teach children.