Similarities Between LITTLE RED CAP And Taken

Many artists in popular culture tend to incorporate fairy tale elements in their work. These elements can be found in work such as television, literature, art, advertising, etc. While “LITTLE RED CAP” and Taken differ in plots, Taken contains the fairy-tale elements of youthful innocence, and danger which are central to the fairy tale. The movie is about a seventeen year-old girl named Kim who gets kidnapped by the Albanian mafia and used for prostitution and woman trafficking along with other women who are vacationing in Paris. Kim’s father, Bryan, is a retired CIA agent who goes to Paris and uses his skills acquired from being a “preventer” in order to prevent his daughter from being sold and used in this horrific business. Both Kim and Little Red Cap are young and innocent. The predator they encounter (the wolf and Peter) seem harmless at first. They both face similar danger from their predator. Luckily both characters are saved in the end. They learned from their experiences which lead to mental growth and maturation of both characters, which can be seen in Taken 2 and the alternate ending of …show more content…
In the second ending of “LITTLE RED CAP”, the little girl didn’t let the wolf fool her. When she arrives at her grandmother’s house, she informs her about the wolf she ran into. They locked the door, planned a way to kill the wolf, and they succeeded. Little Red Cap didn’t fall for the wolf’s strategy of deceiving her. In Taken 2, Kim escapes the Albanians who are seeking revenge for what her father did to them in the first movie. Unfortunately, her mother gets kidnapped and Kim helps her father save her. In the end, they end up saving the mother. Kim was able to protect herself and avoid being kidnapped. Although still young, both characters matured mentally and were able to escape danger. Their previous experience allowed them to grow as characters and learn not to trust