John Updike’s interpretation of Bluebeard by Charles Perrault, Bluebeard in Ireland, surprised me. Before reading Updike's version, I had no knowledge on the story of Bluebeard — I didn't even read the versions of Bluebeard in the Classic Fairy Tales book. However, I made a guess based on the class' reactions to the mentioning of the tale that something terrible happens. Updike's adaptation didn't show anything terrible and scary happening in the way I thought the original would have, leaving me confused. I forgot that My Mother Killed Me, My Father Ate Me is a book showing off different, modern adaptations such as Bluebeard in Ireland and even A Kiss to Wake the Sleeper. The only difference between these two stories, that we read, is that
