When it comes to fairytales, everything was passed out from generations to generations simply by telling a story. Utley raised a point that stories can be altered by the reader because they’ll either tell it from their point of view or how exactly did they remember it. Without any evidence, it’s impossible to tell whether the story is real or a fiction. The term Folklore has been defined as a “part of culture but not the whole of culture which includes myths, legends, tales, proverbs, riddles and the texts of ballads and other songs” (Utley 4). Folktale has been defined by Utley as a verbal art or a tale that simply let the story be passed down from one person to other people. What really surprised me about this reading is how complicated it is to find the original version of the folktale that is written by the original author. A lot of people may not know what was behind the origins of the folktales because as a child, we were first introduced the printed version of the folktales that was altered by different authors which led us to believe that each folktales includes a happily-ever-after ending. Today, the printed version of the folktales is not nearly the same as the original version and it’s hard to believe whether these folktales are fictional or non-fictional unless there exist a biography that is done by the original author. Due to a number of folktales, the quest to find the origins could be a major issue.
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