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Change the setting of Red Riding Hood to the future.
- Is the forest a trek across an alien landscape? A trip through a high rise apartment building or space station?
- Is the wolf is an android? An alien? A self aware computer? A human who wants something from a non-human?
- Is Red Riding Hood a little girl? Someone new to the area? Someone leaving home for the first time? An android who has just been turned on? An alien?
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I’m currently reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster
(He has a nice chatty style. Not at all professorial! ;-)
Part of his point is that by mining old stories to tell new stories, writings give a sense of familiarity and depth and timelessness to what they’re writing. To take a bit from what he’s saying, think about what the various pieces of Red Riding Hood represent in a broader picture.
What is Red Riding Hood?
- Innocence? Naivete? Vulnerability?
What is the wolf?
- Certainly something deadly to her, but it’s disguised as not only something benign but something she has an emotional connection to, something she already trusts. She wants to approach.
