The Boy Who Cried Wolf Theme

Alexandra Alvarado Pineda
Mrs. Coleman
9th hour
3 March 2023
“Think before you speak the words you say can only be forgiven, not forgotten.” “The boy who cried Wolf” and "Feathers” have similarities and differences in how the two authors develop themes in each text. In the text “The boy who cried Wolf” a boy lies about seeing a wolf many times to the villagers and in the end when the wolf actually shows up no one comes to help him because of all the lies he told. In text two, “Feathers”, a woman spreads a rumor that is false. For forgiveness she is told to cut a pillow and collect all the feathers that fly out. Both texts have a theme to ‘think before you talk’. The difference between the two texts is how the authors develop themes with two

In “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” a young boy is watching sheep and decides to prank the villagers by lying that a wolf had attacked the sheep because he thought it was funny. Later on when the wolf actually showed up the villagers didn’t come to help. According to the text “Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn’t come.” ( par 7-8 ) This shows that the villagers lost trust in the boy after he kept lying about seeing a wolf and when the wolf actually showed up the villagers didn’t come because they thought the boy was lying . Through this experience the little boy learned to always tell the truth by thinking about what you say. Likewise, in “Feathers” a sharp tongued woman spreads a bad rumor about a rabbi and doesn’t think that what she said is bad, so she starts to blame

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf'' is considered a fable. The text states ““We’ll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning,” he said, putting his arm around the youth, “Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth”(Aesop 11) This proves that this text is a fable because the character learns a lesson at the end of the story. However, “Feathers” is a folktale. According to the text “Bring my feather pillow to the market square. Cut it and let the feathers fly through the air. Then collect every one of the feathers from the pillow and bring them all back to me. When you have done this, you will be absolved3 of your crime.” (par 4) I chose this part of the text because this is when she is told to collect each and every feather. Therefore this proves that “Feathers'' is a folktale because the task of getting all the feathers was