Finishing up the blog

I will take entries on the blog until the morning of the 22nd (when I'll be computing final grades). You owe me two more entries for this week, though if you make more I'll give you extra credit. Here are some things to think about:

• "Puss-in-Boots" seems to be the only truly humorous story of the bunch (though maybe w/ a touch of gallows humor). How has Carter modernized the original story? http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault04.html How is it the same? How is this story like the others? How different? 
• The last stories seem to combine both fairytales and modern ideas of vampires and werewolves. What does the combination of these types of fairytales do for your understanding of either the original children's stories (i.e. "Little Red Riding Hood"  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html) or for movies or stories you're familiar w/ concerning vampires, werewolves, and witches? 
• The movie Freeway from 1996 shows us that the "Little Red Riding Hood" story is still relevant even on the cusp of the 21st century. Why does this story have such significance to us? What does it mean? How is the film's version of the story different than/the same as Carter's "The Werewolf" and "The Company of Wolves" from the late 1970s? 

I would also like you to use these final entries to discuss your learning in the class. What books did you like best? Which did you like least and why? Next time I teach this class, which books should I drop from the reading list? Which should I keep? Do you know of other titles I should consider adding?