This document discusses the conventions and elements commonly found in folklore stories. It analyzes the short story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" using these conventions, noting that it features a rural setting, uses an animal (a wolf) as the antagonist, and centers around a young boy as both the protagonist and source of conflict due to his lying. The boy learns an important lesson about honesty through his experience with the wolf.
This document discusses the conventions and elements commonly found in folklore stories. It analyzes the short story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" using these conventions, noting that it features a rural setting, uses an animal (a wolf) as the antagonist, and centers around a young boy as both the protagonist and source of conflict due to his lying. The boy learns an important lesson about honesty through his experience with the wolf.
This document discusses the conventions and elements commonly found in folklore stories. It analyzes the short story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" using these conventions, noting that it features a rural setting, uses an animal (a wolf) as the antagonist, and centers around a young boy as both the protagonist and source of conflict due to his lying. The boy learns an important lesson about honesty through his experience with the wolf.
Conventions Conventions commonly associated with Folklore are: Fairytale Dialogues Myths and Legends Farm/Country setting Short Text Our short text is The Boy who cried Wolf In this short story the gets taught a lesson not to lie(tell the truth) or there are consequences He lies once when nothing happens but when the wolf comes no one listens. Convention Example 1 In the Boy who cried Wolf the story has a forest and village like setting which is very common in Folklore. Convention Example 2 In the genre Folklore, animals commonly play the role of the antagonist-villain. In The Boy who cried Wolf the antagonist is a Wolf. Convention Example 3 Many folklore stories have a young child (boy or girl) as the protagonist hero. In this short text a young boy acts as the hero but also as the problem because of his lies.