Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf

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In Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Red kills the wolf. Theories developed in Thomas Hobbes “Leviathan”, plainly validate that Red is justified in killing the wolf. To begin, Red is justified because there is no established order in her society. Hobbes states, “to this war against every man, this is also consequent, that nothing can be unjust” (Hobbes 13). In a world where talking wolves knock on doors and eat innocent Grandmas, one can assume that there is no established order and thus no laws to govern behaviour. Ultimately, Red’s decision to kill the wolf can be justified because she lives in a world of chaos where one does what one needs to do in order to survive. Additionally, she is justified in the murder of the wolf