Why Fairy Tales?
As we learned in class The 400 Blows was based on Francois Truffaut's childhood. I feel that it is a real fairy tale. The ambiguous ending let the audience decide what happened with Antoine once he escaped to the beach. Antoine was not like Oliver. In the end we know that Oliver has a happy ending. He ends up finding the truth about his family, he's awarded an inheritance, and he lives a happy existence with Mr.Brownslow in their little home in the country. Ultimately, he overcomes adversity with the help of the one adult he was able to trust and who loved him. Antoine didn't have that. He had to overcome adversity all by himself and I think therein lies the true beauty of this fairy tale. the root is that these stories are about children who find their own way to break free from the rules of a game that works against them in every way. They were poor, they came from broken households, they had very few options but they rose above it. The moral of these stories teach us that with or without a person by your side, no matter what circumstances you grew up in ,every person has the power inside them to better their situation. I can only imagine what happened to Antoine but if he truly is Truffaut he grew up and became successful.
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