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Lam the youngest of my four siblings, and most say “Oh! You're the babyy” afterwards.
Thave heard this all of my life and I feel some type of way about it because I've never really felt
like the baby. “Rather than depict individual development, a number of fairy tales demonstrate
familial progression as one character improves upon the actions of his or her siblings” ¢Pailiie —
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Dewan} The brief sentiment found on page twenty-nine of Perennially Popular presented so
much clarity for my childhood and a way that I was raised. Growing up as the youngest child
was not always fun, if anything I felt hounded after at times because I was the youngest around
most times. “In “The Golden Goose,” the eldest son enters the forest to cut wood. When he
meets a little old man, he refuses to share his food with him. The middle son repeats the actions
of his brother. But when the youngest son enters the woods, he shares his food willingly with the
old man” (Paudlak
wanted to tell me what to do. As a result, [ learned to listen more than I spoke and I talked, only
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Tagree with Jack Zipes statement “there is also an adage that says you can never retum
home,” because itis partly true but not literally the truth. I believe he means that the wandering
protagonist always leaves home to conquer what triggered them to wander off. But after the
challenge is fulfilled that protagonist “can never return home” because they have grown from the
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protagonists’ quest and home will no longer bey the home they've once always known, “Because
a forest is an unknown and unfamiliar place, it is often the site of
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fey ind [ agree that the forest similar to life's fears, isa place of initiation, as Naney Canepa
stated “the site of trials and tasks the successful completion of which effect a radical change in
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the protagonist’s life”. To follow in agreement, Maria Nikolajeva says the purpose of entering a