Long-lasting Lattle in Briar Rose

Briar Rose was a very interesting story, I say this because it is one of the only fairytales that could be somewhat realistic. There may have been magic involved, but somehow it seemed like it could actually happen. All texts have a message behind it, I personally feel that it had a nice message in the end, and it made me look at the text differently. The text showed readers that no matter what comes your way you will always prevail through anything, even a spell.

I am not a big fan of fairytales, but some, like Briar Rose made me think that the fight between good vs evil still exists. I believe that good will always out way the bad, and evil will always continue to fail. In the text, Briar rose was loved by many and was still cursed by the evil fairy. “Now, as she had not been asked to the feast she was very angry, and scolded the king and queen very much, and set to work to take her revenge. So she cried out, the king’s daughter shall, in her fifteenth year, be wounded by a spindle, and fall down dead.” Throughout all of that, Ms. Rose still ended up happy and loved.

Reading the text, I learned that people will always try and bring you down, especially when you are happy. Briar only got to experience life for fifteen years, and was put to sleep for one hundred years, because of a fairy not getting a golden dish. “Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years.” Even though it was a good story, the plot of it was dumb. How can someone be that mad about not being invited to a dinner? The fairy seemed like she was never good in the end, because she thought of such an evil curse.

Briar Rose also showed me that if you do something good, you will be rewarded. I have always been firm believer when it comes to blessings, but only if you do not expect it. The Queen was only looking to help the fish, and did not expect anything in return. “Then the queen took pity on the little fish, and threw it back again into the river; and before it swam away it lifted its head out of the water and said, ‘I know what your wish is, and it shall be fulfilled, in return for your kindness to me—you will soon have a daughter.” This showed how humble and grateful the queen was. She only did it out of the kindness of her heart and was given a blessing for doing that. This is a good story to teach children and maybe even preteens, because of the message. “The best feeling of happiness is when you are happy because you made someone else happy-unknown.”