Without delay, Francine Prose’s Hansel and Gretel adaptation caught me off-guard and drew me with an extraordinary introduction sentence. Many questions popped into my head as I finished reading that line and I had to go online to find the answers, dealing if having sex with an animal is illegal. I need a stronger word to describe how I felt about the information I uncovered about Beastiality/Zoophilia because disturbed doesn’t cut it. After reading the information, I sat there with my jaw hanging open; maybe it’s because of how my parents raised me, but I may love my cat yet doing anything sexual with her doesn’t make sense to me. Anyway, to escape that uncomfortable discussion, as soon as I read Lucia’s cat is black, I thought, “Lucia is a witch!” With countless TV shows, movies, stories and illustrations I understand the basic superstition that witches’ trusty companion is a black cat. Also describing Lucia as “witchy” drives that notion
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Polly’s speech and her thoughts reminded me how Sally thought. Primarily, this thinking pertains to how the women discuss their husbands. Both women questioned the thoughts of their husband and by their line of questioning they seem insecure about themselves. Also, the wives stated how their husbands are hiding something from their past; Polly isn’t used to that while Sally tries to play it off as if she knows everything. The allusion to Hansel and Gretel in this representation of Hansel and Gretel distorted me, drawing me out of the reading. By mentioning the fairy tale directly as the story did, it felt focused. However, I'm inclined to admit that may be if I didn't know this story was based on Hansel and Gretel, my reaction might’ve been different. Still, I think alluding to another story, or instead of mentioning Hansel and Gretel, describe the plot of Hansel and Gretel in some way that wouldn't make the acknowledgment
Polly’s speech and her thoughts reminded me how Sally thought. Primarily, this thinking pertains to how the women discuss their husbands. Both women questioned the thoughts of their husband and by their line of questioning they seem insecure about themselves. Also, the wives stated how their husbands are hiding something from their past; Polly isn’t used to that while Sally tries to play it off as if she knows everything. The allusion to Hansel and Gretel in this representation of Hansel and Gretel distorted me, drawing me out of the reading. By mentioning the fairy tale directly as the story did, it felt focused. However, I'm inclined to admit that may be if I didn't know this story was based on Hansel and Gretel, my reaction might’ve been different. Still, I think alluding to another story, or instead of mentioning Hansel and Gretel, describe the plot of Hansel and Gretel in some way that wouldn't make the acknowledgment