The Three Little Pigs James Halliwell-Phillips

Remember the story your parents read to you when you were a child - the enormously popular children’s book called The Three Little Pigs by James Halliwell-Phillips? Almost every child has heard the story of the three piglets whom the Wolf tried to deceive. Although he succeeded in tricking the first two pigs, the third did not allow the Wolf to confuse him. The third Pig managed to outplay the Wolf in almost every situation the Wolf believed he had the upper hand which ended with the third little Pig beating the Wolf once and for all. Through further analysis of the story and third Pig, the Pig’s success against the wolf in the story can be proved by his character traits and actions in the story. This can lead readers to believe that the third little Pig is the

One of the things that he did that shows his cleverness is when he decides to build his house out of bricks knowing the wolf cannot blow it down no matter how hard he tries. This consequently proves the Pig’s cleverness because he thought ahead of time and planned ahead just in case something would happen to him so that he could be well prepared which he did end up being. In the story it states, “The third little Pig met a Man with a load of bricks to build a house with...Well he huffed and he puffed and huffed and he puffed but he could not get the house down,” (Phillips 11-12). This piece of evidence shows how the third little pig is clever and witty because he built a house with the bricks which the wolf thought he could blow down like the other pigs’ houses except the third pig, being as clever as he is, made sure there was no way the wolf would blow his house down and eat him up. These pieces of evidence show how the third little Pig is the most admirable because he possesses many character traits such as being very clever and