Comparing 'Wolf And Werewolf'

Both folktales “Wolf” and “Werewolf” depict that “it [is] a wicked world ” filled with “cold weather and cold hearts” (author of wolf 1; Carter 1). Although the protagonists in “Wolf” and “Werewolf” bear harsh and cruel environments, the differences in their self esteem and reactions to certain difficulties are conflicting.
For example, “Wolf” by Francesca Block illustrates the short story on a more personal level than “Werewolf” because the story is referred to in first person and describes personal experiences through a journal of the protagonist being abused by her father. For example, through the protagonist’s bad dream, the reader is able to infer that she is emotionally scarred by her abusive experiences. Also, the protagonist exhibits traits of low self esteem through the boy on

As a result, she wonders “if she was trying to not feel so alone” within her grey, happiness deprived world ( author 3). In “Wolf”, the protagonist decides that there must be a transition in the abusive behavior she is frequently receiving. As a result, she decides to not be a “victim [of] nature” by escaping the condo where her happiness and self esteem ceased to exist (author 1). The protagonist’s coming of age process develops within the story as she has to make the difficult decision to leave her mother in order to live a happy life again. At this point, the protagonist finally tastes a sense of freedom from the abuse that fulfilled her father’s “sicko fascination” towards her ( author 1). The protagonist grows in maturity by realizing that she can escape from the abuse within her home, she just had to make the executive decision herself that she was no longer going to endure that cruelty. Although the protagonist transitions from being hopeless and living in fear, she