Group: The Three Little Pigs
Traishelle, Eric and Rory
Kazia, Estrada
English 1301-175
6 Mar 2016

#theonethatgotaway

"I know what you want; you shall not come in here tonight."

Psychoanalytic Criticism of the Fox and the Pixies

From the popular story of the Three Little Pig’s comes a version a bit different, it is called The Fox and the Pixies. This particular fairytale is an English version but still to this day, the original author remains unknown. In this particular fairytale, it begins with a fox driven to devouring pixies. When reading this story the reader can gain a clear imagery of how this story might have happened. In addition, it is certain that the fox’s state of mind in the story is sort of up and down throughout the story. In the beginning, it was nighttime and the first two pixies did not have very good solid homes to protect them, so the fox had them at a disadvantage. This situation gave the fox determination because he was easily able to get to them and eat them.

However, when he tried to get the third pixy, it does not go along as planned. He begins to get frustrated and sad because he cannot defeat the pixie. In the beginning, the first two pixies had lost, but this time around, the third pixy was smarter than the fox. Because of this, the fox loses his cool and by the third pixie, he is defeated. The third pixie was so smart that he even compelled the fox to fall into his own trap and there he dies.

Being that the fox was in a dream-like scenario, he loses all control and dies by the power of his own prey. Although the story does not mention this, it is possible that the third pixie knew about the fox from his stories during his childhood or that he was aware of what happened to the other two pixies. Therefore, he was able to prepare in advance and protect himself from the fox.

This is similar to the human psyche, when we think of home invasions. When we hear stories of what happen to someone else, or if happens to us, we go out of our way to make sure that same things does not happen to us again. The third pixy did stay calm the entire time, even when it looked like he was going to be eaten. Thus being a prime example that a boisterous attitude would cause you to fail, but a clear mind prevails and keeps you alive. It is also possible that the pixy himself was a little sick minded as well, as he did not mourn his peers deaths (but then it never mentioned he even knew them). However, he also had no guilt after charming the fox to its death, which I am sure any well-minded person would feel guilty after killing another person even in self-defense. 

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