Little Red Riding Hood

The timeless old tale of a little girl meeting a wolf on her way to granny's house has been passed down through oral tradition from one generation to the next. Little Red Riding Hood has existed for centuries and has even predated the first literary version put forward by Charles Perrault in 1697. Since then, this story is continually being told to children and society has seen many adaptations including Jordan and Carter's controversial "The Company of Wolves." Be it presented as literature, oral storytelling, or cinematography these sources have one theme in common: they tell a cautionary tale of the warnings of entering adolescence. In comparing the historical, sexual, and moral aspects of Perrault's "Little Red Riding Hood," France's "The False Grandmother," and Jordan's "The Company of Wolves, readers are left appreciating the different means used in communicating the warnings of entering adolescence.…