The document discusses narrative structures and elements that are present in the fairy tale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". It analyzes how the story exhibits an interdiction when the boy is warned not to falsely cry wolf, a violation of interdiction when he ignores the warning, and an exposure and punishment when the boy's lies are revealed and the sheep run away. Overall, the document examines how different parts of the classic fairy tale map onto common narrative patterns and character archetypes found in stories, such as the presence of a false hero who is ultimately exposed.

1. Evaluation Task E1
The Villain: A villain is someone who you would describe as a bad person, this could link to
my story (The boy who cried wolf) because the boy shows himself has a bit of villain but on
the other hand he doesn’t; he only shouts the people for a bit of fun because he’s bored.
The hero: the hero is what usually makes a fairytale. A hero is usually the person who saves
the day or helps everyone out and becomes the better person at the end of the story, you
could use the word ‘proved’ as the hero usually comes out of nowhere. In ‘the boy who cried
wolf’, I think there is more than one hero and that is the ‘shepherds’. The boy would have
been a hero but you see him as ‘a false hero’, simply because he kept lying then when there
actually was a situation the shepherds never believed him.
The false hero: ‘In the boy who cried wolf’, the boy is the one who eventually shows that he is
the false hero because he is doing an important job and he starts messing the shepherds
around for a laugh because he’s ‘bored’. If the boy hadn’t of shouted the shepherds and did
his job properly, he would have been counted as the ‘hero’, you think the boy is going to end
up the hero but as I said before someone else proved themselves and became the heroes.
The helper: In a fairytale, the helper is usually somebody who is right beside the
prince/princess etc. In ‘The boy who cried wolf’ the boy also counts as a helper because he is
watching the village sheep. It’s a bit of a no brainer though because the boy is helping as well
as acting a bit of a villain at the same time…
The princess or prize: In near enough every fairytale there is always a prince/princess etc,
this is usually what makes the story… they can be good or bad, depending on what the story
is based on. In ‘the boy who cried wolf’ there isn’t a prince/princess, you get the impression
that the boy is like a prince though because he’s only young, thinking he is doing well by
guarding the flock of sheep. The boy then turns in to a bad person/prince because he starts
lying and mocking the shepherds.
Her father: every fairytale that has a princess in, her father is always in there. E.G. ‘Shrek’.
Once again, in ‘the boy who cried wolf’, there is no father this is because the shepherds are
like a father (protecting the boy). The way the story is set up, it all comes together and makes
sense, the shepherds are the only people who act as a fatherly type.
The doner: ‘In the boy who cried wolf’, one of the shepherds is classed as the doner because
he gives the boy a clue to stop shouting ‘wolf!’ by the shepherd doing this lets the reader
know that he’s young, he’s going to keep shouting it and something is going to happen, also
this makes you want to read on.
The dispatcher: in a fairytale, the dispatcher is usually one of the main people; they’re the
people that send the main character to do a mission/objective in the first place. In ‘the boy
who cried wolf’ the shepherds are counted as the dispatcher; they were the ones that sent the
boy to watch the flock of sheep.
PROP: I think that PROP works really well and efficient with this fairytale
because everything fits into place or even if it doesn’t you still recognize what
would be there even if there isn’t ‘a prince/princess in the story’ etc.

2. Task E2
Narrative structures:
Interdiction: Hero is warned – in ‘The boy who cried wolf’ the boy who we all think is the hero,
gets warned by the shepherds not to shout ‘WOLF!’. He keeps ignoring them and eventually
the shepherds don’t want to know.
Violation of Interdiction: Hero disregards warning – The boy ignores the warning off the
shepherds and carries on messing about, this relates to young people in general, they don’t
fully understand rules or consequences so they carry on doing it.
Victory: Villain is defeated – In the end, the hero turns out to be a villain and is eventually
defeated because he had lied constantly until it got to the face of the shepherds not believing
him, this caused the sheep to all run off.
Recognition: Hero is recognized – The shepherds get recognized as heroes when they go
looking for the boy because he didn’t come home on the night.
Exposure: False hero is exposed – The boy gets known as a false hero/villain. It’s a cliffhanger all the way until the end, this makes you want to read on/carry on watching.
Punishment: Villain is punished – The villain is punished by the sheep running off, cause to
the boys repetitive lies and refusing not to listen the shepherds.
Linear: linear is where a story has a start, middle and ending, its straight forward all the way
through.
Non-linear: non-linear is the opposite the linear, non-linear doesn’t go straight through, it
could start from the beginning then, the end and go back to the middle, its where directors
mix and match.
Realist: Realist is where the story has a real view of life like believable events, places and
characters, this helps the audience to relate.
Anti-realist: is the opposite the realist narrative, this also includes: characters, events and
locations but doesn’t occur to the real life world.
Open: is where a story doesn’t reach a conclusion at the end of it leaving a cliff-hanger.
Closed: when the story has reached its end conclusion.
Multi-strand: is where there are different storylines with in the actual story.