![]() ![]() An active approach to real-life issues will ensure that individuals don’t fall victim to thinking people make up or exaggerate pressing issues like fairy tales. ![]() She therefore has different characters emphasize the reality of the story in order to ground it gently in real American cultural, historical, and political context-and to enjoin her reader to apply its lessons to real life. And Applegate’s message about loving and accepting cultural difference is an unabashedly political one, and an intervention against the increasing cultural and racial polarization of contemporary American life. Samar’s struggle with Islamophobic harassment is something very real and pressing-not at all fairy tale fodder. ![]() Applegate wishes for the story to function not as fantasy but as a parable of contemporary American issues. Applegate’s repeated assertion, then, may seem tongue-in-cheek, but it is also apt. ![]() Every May 1, on Wishing Day, townspeople make a pilgrimage to. The story takes place in an unnamed American town, where Red is a wishtree. Red is a dioecious tree who has both male and female characteristics, so refers to themself with the pronoun they. It’s a fair assertion, as she populates the story with talking animals. This book’s narrator is a 216-year-old northern oak tree named Red. Applegate reminds her young audience throughout the narrative that this story is not a fairy tale. ![]()
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