Fairy Tale Comparison

A fairy tale is a children story about magical and imaginary beings on lands. In addition, they also teach lessons to children of all ages. Out of the thousands and thousands of fairy tales, my favorite fairy tale of them all is Hansel and Gretel. It all starts in a forest “Far Far Away.” There has been millions of variations of this fairy tale, but the two that I like the most are, “Hansel & Gretel,” by Holly Hobbie, and, “Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel are Sweet,” by Nancy Loewen. There has been many different versions of this fairy tale. Although they are based on the same story, they have many differences within them, too. The first time you see the two front covers, you might even think they are two completely different stories! Hobbie’s with a classic and rustic-like cover with a traditional title, and Loewen’s with a new and cartoon-like cover with a funny and changed
Other than that, the story lines are also very different. Yes, they both do have two little kids, their dad, and a stepmother,…but wait, where’s the witch?! In Hobbie’s version of “Hansel and Gretel,” there is an evil witch who takes the children and decides to eat them as a feast, just like how most people know the story. On the other hand, Loewen wrote the story in a totally different way then the classic. Instead of having an evil witch that wants to devour the two children, there is a kind and loving witch who just want to spread her love of baking. Rather than feeding Hansel to make him plump, the witch teaches Hansel and Gretel how to bake and create works of art with the food! In addition to that, Hobbie’s book shows the evil witch as the evil character, but in Loewen’s book, it’s the evil stepmother that is the antagonist! Pretty cool right?! Although there are many differences throughout the story, there are also many similarities