The Big Bad Wolf Analysis

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We have all heard the story of the Big Bad Wolf attacking 3 pigs, but this story is vastly flawed. The wolf has done nothing wrong, and does not deserve to be arrested and prosecuted. While in the story the pigs were right to be naturally afraid of an animal that has been known to eat their kind, it would have been a respectable thing to ask the Alexander T. Wolf what he wanted. The third pig went so far as to say, “and your grandma can go sit on a pin”. After they ignored the wolf, the killing of the pig was accidental. According to UAMS Health when you hold in a sneeze you can have hearing loss, rupture of the eardrum, diaphragm injuries, and ruptured blood vessels in the eyes and vein. This makes the knocking over of the house

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