I feel like you didn't have a childhood if you didn't hear some version of the the three little pigs. This is why I couldn't resist but liking the style of this story and feeling the need to take my reading notes on them. The most important thing that I think I could take away from this story for my own writing would be the rhythm or cadence as I would call it.
I find that in this story one of the great ways that build the anticipation is the rhythm of the story. By keeping a pattern of the words before an event it lets the reader know exactly what is going to happen. For example the "huff and puff" is used before each house is broken down but as the materials used become stronger he adds more of the "huffing and puffing" action. Same goes with the wolf inviting the third pig and saying a time with each event. This allows the reader to feel more included in the story by allowing them to kind of guess what would take place which I think brings excitement into a story. As a writer I think the way I could match this style is trying to come up with a fun little saying before events.
Another aspect of writing that I feel I could try to include is the simple rhyming. This wasn't a poem or nursery rhyme but the rhyming creates a more fun aspect for the reader which keeps them involved. I think that in my own writing I should try to have the rhyming go along with the repetition of the cadence in order to create a path for the story.
In terms of creating a story based on this one, I was thinking of having three neighborhood kids building a fort in which they brag about having it be the strongest while there is a bully who wants to break it down. This is just an idea but I think that I could possibly create a more modern version of this story that still is relevant towards children as this one does.
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| This is an image of 3 little pigs that I found on Flickr. |
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The specific story can be seen using the link in the header.
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