Naïve Fairy Tales The majority of whom I know, no matter young or old, hold the view that fairy tales are stories that contains magic and fantasy; ones especially, will think that fairy tales are stories that teach children lessons throughout their childhood; while remains strongly believe that if a story inspires and encourage its audience, it is a fairy tale. In “ Struggle for Meanings” written by Bruno Bettelheim, Bettelheim celebrates the fact that fairy tales help children find their meanings of life psychologically. Bettelheim is surely right that fairy tales could tell meanings of life to children in their childhood, but Bettelheim rests upon the questionable assumption that whether fairy tales can inspires and help adults even everyone
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Bettelheim states, “Today, as in times past, the most important and also the most difficult task in raising a child a child is helping him find meaning in life.”(Bettelheim 324) In the other word, Bettelheim wants to emphasize the importance of helping children find their meaning in their lives. I agree that ability to live our life with our own meaning is significant and necessary because my own growing experience and daily life worry confirms it. Sometimes, at the edge of naivety and maturity, I even may not affirm if the meaning of my life I have found is really what I really want to keep my life going. Admittedly, seek for meaning of life is crucial not only for me but also children. Bettelheim complicates the matters further describing that heroes and heroines overcame their difficulties successfully in most fairy tales, from which children can get the messages and lessons related to the fairy tales then approach spiritual growth unconsciously. While I concede that fairy tales offer many psychological models or examples for children how to pull through the predicament in any society, it call into question whether the children will choose to follow heroes instead of evildoer. Facing doubts, Bettelheim himself writes, “ The child identifies with the good hero not because of his goodness, but because the heroes’ condition makes a positive …show more content…
While then, later in the stories, the little girl realizes danger and demand to the wolf saying “ Oh, Grandmother, I want to go outside to relieve myself.”(Delaure 33.) As a result, the little girl applies her intelligence and then heads off the danger eaten by the wolf. The story shows the little girl process of growing up from pure to mature. The happy ending with the little red riding hood’ safe return back to her home also shows her discernment and wisdom that makes up his naivety at the beginning of the stories. Exactly as Bettelheim claims, the heroine side of the Delaure’s story tries to guide the children how to deal with such a dangerous situation smartly and accelerate their mental growth. On the one hand, the story warns children not to speak to strangers. On the other hand, it also presents the sexual assault
Bettelheim states, “Today, as in times past, the most important and also the most difficult task in raising a child a child is helping him find meaning in life.”(Bettelheim 324) In the other word, Bettelheim wants to emphasize the importance of helping children find their meaning in their lives. I agree that ability to live our life with our own meaning is significant and necessary because my own growing experience and daily life worry confirms it. Sometimes, at the edge of naivety and maturity, I even may not affirm if the meaning of my life I have found is really what I really want to keep my life going. Admittedly, seek for meaning of life is crucial not only for me but also children. Bettelheim complicates the matters further describing that heroes and heroines overcame their difficulties successfully in most fairy tales, from which children can get the messages and lessons related to the fairy tales then approach spiritual growth unconsciously. While I concede that fairy tales offer many psychological models or examples for children how to pull through the predicament in any society, it call into question whether the children will choose to follow heroes instead of evildoer. Facing doubts, Bettelheim himself writes, “ The child identifies with the good hero not because of his goodness, but because the heroes’ condition makes a positive …show more content…
While then, later in the stories, the little girl realizes danger and demand to the wolf saying “ Oh, Grandmother, I want to go outside to relieve myself.”(Delaure 33.) As a result, the little girl applies her intelligence and then heads off the danger eaten by the wolf. The story shows the little girl process of growing up from pure to mature. The happy ending with the little red riding hood’ safe return back to her home also shows her discernment and wisdom that makes up his naivety at the beginning of the stories. Exactly as Bettelheim claims, the heroine side of the Delaure’s story tries to guide the children how to deal with such a dangerous situation smartly and accelerate their mental growth. On the one hand, the story warns children not to speak to strangers. On the other hand, it also presents the sexual assault