It portrays to the younger generations that having a sense of responsibility is important, obeying parents is crucial, and sticking to an original plan is very critical. I believe the main idea or the main message in this book is to follow directions and be as responsible as you can. If the Little Red Riding Hood listened to her mother’s directions and had stayed on the path, she would not have met the wolf. Never trust strangers and understand that even a friendly stranger may have the wrong intentions.
Prior to Little Red Riding Hood visiting her grandmother, the mother stated that she must head straight there and not speak to anyone that she may see. As stated by the mother, “…And you promise not to talk to anyone? You promise to go straight to your grandmother’s house without straying from the path?” (Francia 9). Little Red Riding Hood did not listen, and she came across a big bad wolf. This big bad wolf ended up befriending Little Red Riding Hood on purpose and beating her to her grandmother’s house. He swallowed her grandmother up and waited for Little Red Riding Hood to do the same to her. Soon after this, a huntsman came by the house and heard snoring. He entered cautiously, saw the sleeping monster in granny's bed, and suddenly it clicked, and he knew what happened. He opened the sleeping wolf's stomach with a knife, and Granny and Red Riding Hood came out and helped the huntsman to fill wolf's stomach with stones. When the wolf woke up, he tried to run away, but stones were too heavy. Due to the stones and the weight, the wolf fell down and died.
While reading this book, it occurred to me that the idea of listening to a parent or guardian is very important. This book can teach a lesson to many younger children, and that is to NEVER talk to strangers. It portrays to the younger generations that having a sense of responsibility is important, obeying parents is crucial, and sticking to an original plan is very critical. I believe the main idea or the main message in this book is to follow directions and be as responsible as you can. If the Little Red Riding Hood listened to her mother’s directions and had stayed on the path, she would not have met the wolf. Never trust strangers and understand that even a friendly stranger may have the wrong intentions. ( )

Little Red Riding Hood is one of my least fairy tales because it annoys me how dumb Little Red Riding Hood is. This is a fun book to read for a laugh, however there is not much of a moral to the story, unlike Cinderella where you learn that good triumphs over evil. The watercolor illustrations in this book are very pretty, however the Big Bad Wolf is not depicted big or bad at all. The wolf actually looks like a squirrel with his long grey fluffy tail and short arms and legs. Even in the illustration of the wolf trying to eat the hunter, his teeth are rounded, which does not make him look scary at all. Like most fairy tales, this book is written in third person and because of this, readers are able to view the perspectives of everyone in the story. For example, the author tells us that the grandmother wondered who could possibly be knocking on her door, and then later tells us that the wolf is reflecting on his lucky day with being able to eat a grandmother and little girl. The overall tone of this book is very humorous because of the silly things the wolf and little girl do. One of the most humorous lines in this book is when Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf dressed as her grandmother and says “But Grandmother, what big ears you have” and even continues to believe the wolf is her grandmother when the wolf clearly is not! The message of this story is to always listen to your mother/guardian. If Little Red Riding Hood would have listened to her mother and went straight to her grandmother’s house like she asked, then Little Red Riding Hood would not have encountered the wolf, nor got her and her grandmother eaten! ( )