In the folktale, The People Could Fly, written by Virginia Hamilton it shows the importance of human rights and freedom and how it is a necessity to have them. in the text the people had wings that allowed them to fly while they were in their homeland or Africa. The wings were a symbol of freedom and when they got captured, they no longer “had the ability to fly” or were no longer free. This is a very mature and heavy story that no kid under the age of 12 would fully understand.
The reason for the age limit on this particular folktale is mainly because of all of the imagery it puts in your head while reading, while some of it is very pretty and free like the beginning and the ending, But the middle of the story makes your stomach turn. Like
The reason for the age limit on this particular folktale is mainly because of all of the imagery it puts in your head while reading, while some of it is very pretty and free like the beginning and the ending, But the middle of the story makes your stomach turn. Like