2007-10-11 12:21:43 · 32 answers · asked by blueendred 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
thanks for the great answers,,
2007-10-12 03:28:56 · update #1
it feels so good i am normal,,,
2007-10-12 05:52:16 · update #2
No not at all. Have you ever read Angela Carter? She was a wonderful English author - died quite young - wrote incredible erotic versions of some of your favorite fairy tales. Her book The Bloody Tower is fantastic. Pax - C
2007-10-11 12:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I still like Enid Blyton. It's sad that some people grow up too much to stop liking children's books. I can't wait for the next Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz to come out. And fairy tales are just fantasy stories, and there are many fantasy stories for adults. The Lord of The Rings is basically one long fairy tale.
2007-10-12 22:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by No Longer Dizzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you're not mad!
In modern times we may think of fairy tales as a silly escape for gullible kids, but when they were originally told, they were told to adults and children alike. The adults didn't always believe in the fairies and trolls and so on, but they listened anyway. Why?
Fairy tales deal with the things that are most important to us in our consciences and in our hearts: trust, courage, knowledge, love, safety, sacrifice, loyalty - and their opposites. They don't tell us much about the physical world outside us, but they tell us a lot about the world *inside* us.
Something you'll notice about the best fairy tales is that they have more than one meaning. In what it *is* Little Red Riding Hood is about a girl who gets in trouble in the woods. But in what it *means* it's also a warning to young girls who keep company with older men.
In what it *is* Jack and the Beanstalk is about an idiot who gets a lucky break with a handful of beans. But in what it *means*, it's encouragement to anyone who's poor with no education that there are opportunities all around.
At one level Lord of the Rings is about a short guy with furry feet and a nasty ring. At another level, it's about the horrors of machinery taking over the nature, and companies that make their profits from wars.
Fairy tales carry their hidden meanings by the use of *symbol*, and their symbols are very rich. Fairy tales are so rich with symbol that they can appeal to children and adults alike -- and can often be understood by people from other countries who don't even speak the same language.
In modern times, science and technology have given us a deep understanding of the world outside us, but the world *inside* us is still not very well understood. Fairy tales remain a good way to explore our insides.
And if your friends think you're silly for reading fairy tales, ask them if they follow the stories of Britney Spears, or Justin Timberlake, or Jennifer Anniston or Brad Pitt... because those are fairy-tales too!
2007-10-11 13:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fairy tales are not for kids actually. Did you know that the brothers Grimm collected tales for adults? So Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the like are actually meant for adults. If you read the unabridged version and look at how gory Cinderella is, you can tell.
there is a piece of everyone that loves stories and fairy tales. You are not MAD.
2007-10-11 12:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by Angeliss 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course you are not MAD!! A good way to relax and excite our brains is to enjoy a little fiction. A good fairy tale includes a little mystery, romance and usually has a good ending. Nothing is wrong with that! Sometimes a bit of truth is weaved into those fables. There is usually a good moral in there. Fairy Tales also make you recall your youth and that is satisfying to some of us.
2007-10-11 12:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sunnidaze 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oooooo you should read Goose Girl by Shannon Hale!! (it's a kids book but so is harry potter and we all know that story) It's a book based on one of Grimm's Fairy Tales! It's brilliant!
Oh, and no, you're not mad. I'm nearly 30 and I still read children's books all the time. They are light, and fun, and sometimes more thought provoking than "adult" books. I don't believe in growing up.
2007-10-11 15:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by Kelli 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because your getting older does not mean you have to stop liking fairy-tales. There fun because they take you out of our CRAZY world and put you in a better one. Well for a while that is.
2007-10-11 12:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by reddevils2012 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most certainly not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after all you look into the meaning of a fairy tale and there is usually some really good moral hidden in there and we all need happy endings!!!! bah humbug to those boring sensible (Mentally challenged for having no imagination) people who think fairy tales are for children.
2007-10-11 22:50:40 · answer #8 · answered by DOG B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is wrong about that? Are the writers of children stories mad? Are children mad?
I am 30 and I still love fairy-tales and I will always love them I hope! I studied children's literature at the Uni, am I mad? And wrote my thesis on Alice in Wonderland. Am I still mad?
In that case, we are all mad here...:)
2007-10-11 22:30:16 · answer #9 · answered by Chickoon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course you are!. Myths and legends arose to stir the inner human spirit. Back in prehistoric times, over 100,000 years ago, man was arising from his transition of ape-like creature to full consciousness. His dreams, depicted in cave paintings, show us a world of over lapping nightmares, where a few tried to control them and conquer them. These shaman like cult heroes could control the dreams, by acting them out around the campfire in hallucinogenic induced acts. Others were led into caves, the deepest parts, to draw the images on the walls. They were one with nature. They understood the importance of the hunt and respecting their fellow beasts they depended on. These myths have grown with us. As language developed, so too did these stories. Resulting in today's fairy-tales!.
Sorry to sound serious. But that's how the protestants started!.
2007-10-11 20:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋