“Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!” Does that sound familiar? The well known short story, “The Three Little Pigs”, officially published by Joseph Jacobs in 1890, can portray much deeper meanings than most people would imagine. Back in the 1800s, Americans dealt with a lot of poverty, racism, sexism and much more. However, one theme in particular that can be incorporated in this children’s story that is also relevant to society today is terrorism. Terrorism is one of the most destructive problems nations all around the world are faced with today.
According to John Cassidy from The New Yorker, “Terrorist attacks are becoming more focussed on civilians and less focussed on military, political, and religious targets” (Cassidy). This shows how morally wrong terrorists are and how uncontrolled it has become. Government and security can hardly do much to prevent this cause because most of the terrorists in the world have mental illnesses or are unpredictable. The only solution that can partly solve this issue is to ban all guns, but however, this does not stop …show more content…
A hungry, mean wolf who is after the pigs, attempts to blow each house down. The wolf succeeds and blows the straw house and also the stick house down, but when he arrives to the brick house he cannot blow it down. The wolf then results to another way to reach the pigs and tries to sneak down the chimney, but the pigs sense the wolf’s plan and place a boiling pot of water under the chimney which results in the wolf falling in the water and boiled to death. The pigs then celebrate by cooking and eating the wolf. The way terrorism can be interpreted by the wolf’s role. The wolf can symbolize a terrorist or terrorist group, and overall it can show how terrorists can destroy the people of a city, state, or country but cannot destroy the
According to John Cassidy from The New Yorker, “Terrorist attacks are becoming more focussed on civilians and less focussed on military, political, and religious targets” (Cassidy). This shows how morally wrong terrorists are and how uncontrolled it has become. Government and security can hardly do much to prevent this cause because most of the terrorists in the world have mental illnesses or are unpredictable. The only solution that can partly solve this issue is to ban all guns, but however, this does not stop …show more content…
A hungry, mean wolf who is after the pigs, attempts to blow each house down. The wolf succeeds and blows the straw house and also the stick house down, but when he arrives to the brick house he cannot blow it down. The wolf then results to another way to reach the pigs and tries to sneak down the chimney, but the pigs sense the wolf’s plan and place a boiling pot of water under the chimney which results in the wolf falling in the water and boiled to death. The pigs then celebrate by cooking and eating the wolf. The way terrorism can be interpreted by the wolf’s role. The wolf can symbolize a terrorist or terrorist group, and overall it can show how terrorists can destroy the people of a city, state, or country but cannot destroy the