One thing I noticed about this film compared to Perrault's story is the difference between the women. In the story, Little Red Riding Hood is portrayed as a girl who doesn't think for herself and just gives out any information. In this quote from Little Red Riding Hood the narrator says: “The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stop and listen to the wolves, said…” (p. 12) Here we see how Little Red Riding Hood does not think for herself and simply provides information. However, in the film Haley tricks Jeff by giving him wrong information: “You know, it's actually kind of funny. Because every time I mentioned some obscure singer or band, you knew so much about them. But not right away, it happened a few minutes later. Maybe enough time to look them up on the web?" In this quote, we see Haley as an intelligent woman and unlike fairy tales where we always have women portrayed as stupid or unaware. I thought it worked well because it shows that women are intelligent and capable unlike of fairy tales.Throughout the whole story, Haley plays many games with Jeff and always seems to be one step ahead.Although all he beginning her character appeared as Little Red Riding Hood in the novel, amazes the audience with the rising action shows how women should not be considered weak and can fight for
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