Hans Christian Andersen stories are illustrious to young ones but why? Adults read different versions of his fairy tales to put children to sleep yet, they do not know how strange and disturbing they actually are. Fairy tales are read to kids worldwide because they create situations to inspire infants to be better. However, do you know what horrors lie between the pages of classics? There is no doubt people have heard of The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, and Thumbelina. Does everyone know that in the original stories at least one character dies? Hans Christian Anderson stories are not appropriate for children to read because of the inevitable death, which is demonstrated through The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, and Thumbelina.
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With no happy ending nonetheless it is still shown to children worldwide. “In the dawn of the morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-Year’s sun rose and shone upon a little corpse!” (East of the Web). A little girl attempted to sell matches in the snow with no shoes, and she died in the streets. This is such a morose and depressing thing in a collection of stories rated G, even in the Disney short she did not survive. ‘"I guess you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. The phoney one, the one you know. Was cooked up years and years ago, And made to sound all soft and sappy Just to keep the children happy." –"Cinderella," by Roald Dahl”’ (The Atlantic). This story among many others are just too dark for kids. Death is not appropriate for children. “At the most basic level, the level of sustenance, we do our best to hide from ourselves (and certainly from our children) the harsh facts about fried chicken, hamburgers, and bacon. A pet, too old and frail to live much longer, is "put to sleep."” (Pitt Edu). Considering that people try hiding death from their kids, they should be hiding fairy tales as well since it is in fairy tales likewise. How can you conceal death from your kids when they are watching a girl starve and pass away? Death is used in many stories to get a mature feel, but not to be presented to kids when the word death is hidden from
With no happy ending nonetheless it is still shown to children worldwide. “In the dawn of the morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-Year’s sun rose and shone upon a little corpse!” (East of the Web). A little girl attempted to sell matches in the snow with no shoes, and she died in the streets. This is such a morose and depressing thing in a collection of stories rated G, even in the Disney short she did not survive. ‘"I guess you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. The phoney one, the one you know. Was cooked up years and years ago, And made to sound all soft and sappy Just to keep the children happy." –"Cinderella," by Roald Dahl”’ (The Atlantic). This story among many others are just too dark for kids. Death is not appropriate for children. “At the most basic level, the level of sustenance, we do our best to hide from ourselves (and certainly from our children) the harsh facts about fried chicken, hamburgers, and bacon. A pet, too old and frail to live much longer, is "put to sleep."” (Pitt Edu). Considering that people try hiding death from their kids, they should be hiding fairy tales as well since it is in fairy tales likewise. How can you conceal death from your kids when they are watching a girl starve and pass away? Death is used in many stories to get a mature feel, but not to be presented to kids when the word death is hidden from