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“A fairy tale is a story-literary or folk-that has a sense of the numinous, the feeling or sensation of the supernatural or the mysterious.” Fairy tales are stories usually told to children that have been passed down from orally from generation to generation. They take place in some detached imaginary past, and they tell of events that most certainly never happened. However, fairy tales are of use for the scholarly audience. Fairy tales usually contain some hidden moral or message that is of use to any reader, irrespective of their age or level of education. Joy Kogawa uses fairy tales in her book, Obasan, as a motif to communicate the emotions being experienced by the developing narrator, Naomi. Fairy tales are by nature, stories designed for children. Therefore, the use of fairy tales is the perfect way for the child Naomi to communicate her experience of oppression. Naomi uses the fairy tales Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rapunzel, and The Frog Prince, her first realization of oppression on Slocan, the unbearable isolation she experiences at the Barker farm, and her hopes of reuniting her family to end her oppression. Goldilocks is the story of a beautiful child with long golden hair, who comes to a quaint house in the woods occupied by a family of bears. Goldilocks ravages the empty house, by eating their food, breaking their chairs, and sleeping in their beds.
Approximate Word count = 900
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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