An Analysis Of Robert Southey's Book 'Goldilocks And The Three Bears'

In today’s society many highpower beings speak without assembling their thoughts and overthinking the effect they may have on the world. Think of the current President of the United States who enters social media and discusses opinions that many disagree with. Consider internet influencers making poor decisions causing a huge backlash. Acting without thinking causes tremendous problems which many stories try to prevent by undertoning life lessons. This topic is highly important because ignorantly behaving poorly can cause many arguments which can be prevented by a mere childrens book. The book “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Robert Southey displays that impulsive behavior has consequences which can prevent young children and adults from

Despite knowing that breaking and entering is unjust Goldilocks decides to to go against what many view is morally right, “The door was not fastened...So the little old Woman opened the door, and went in;” (Southey) Without thinking of how the owners of the cabin would feel Goldilocks decides to enter recklessly. Furthermore, after entering the cabin uninvited Goldilocks decides to try out the three bears’ chairs. After discovering that the father bears’ chair is too hard she tries the mother bears’ chair which is too soft. Then Goldilocks finds the baby bears’ chair which is a perfect density and decides to sit in it until she breaks it. (Southey) From a young age people are taught not to break items that aren’t theirs. Many also get upset when others break property belonging to the hypothetical person. With this kept in mind children already know what Goldilocks is doing is bad leaving the author to portray what happens when one acts carelessly like Goldilocks. Purposefully the author exhibits Goldilocks breaking into the cabin and busting a chair to build up to the consequential but justified

Mistakes are inevitable but Southey’s book teaches that it’s best to think before doing. When Goldilocks invades the bears’ cabin, eats their porridge, sits in their chairs, and sleeps in their beds Southey makes it clear that what she is doing is wrong. (Southey) These poor actions represent the wrongdoings that many are unaware of even doing. Whether it be saying or doing the wrong thing, there are many influential beings with huge impacts on kids who can relate to Goldilocks. The rest of the world depicts the bears who are left to deal with Goldilocks poor choices. At the end of the story the bears do happen to get justice despite the whole ordeal, “Out the little old Woman jumped; and whether she broke her neck in the fall; or ran into the wood and was lost there; or found her way out of the wood, and was taken up by the constable and sent to the House of Correction for a vagrant as she was, I cannot tell”. (Southey) When Goldilocks tries to escape, the aftermath kicks in. Robert Southey yearned to teach that unacceptable behavior doesn’t fly by unpunished. Corrupt influencers have caused many kids to be blind to the fact that in the real world it’s impossible to act however. The old fairytale about a careless girl still correlates with today's society because there are still people who are unaware that thinking before acting will