Little Red, Little Red

As a child, my mother used to read me stories out of books. One I was never too found of was Little Red Riding Hood. But this cartoon? This one tickled my fancy so to speak.

Cartoon found from: http://www.henry4school.fr/Literature/little-red-riding-hood.htm

There’s nothing political or controversial about this cartoon, which is different for this day and age. It’s just a simple, modern day cartoon that touches on the societal pressures that many people face to change what they don’t like about themselves. That’s something relatable to everyone. Everyone experiences a time where their flaws (especially physical ones) are brought to light and they want to change it. 

I work in retail, as do most college students, and just the other day I was using the register to check out some special needs adults and their counterparts. As I began the transaction (and throughout the entire process), one of the adults kept telling everyone around him, “She’s got a big nose!” As I said, he kept pointing this out to his friends, other customers, and myself. After the transaction, I went to the back and called my mom. I was upset, of course, that he had pointed out something that I had already worried about myself. 

I think there’s a simple moral to learn from this cartoon and my struggle. As with the wolf, he would not have been known, as that was what he was known for. Perhaps the same could be said for me.