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Humans tend to perceive things differently at different ages. A five year old is not going to understand as much as you would expect a 12 year old to, even something as simple as a fairy tale. In a way you can sort of say that fairy tales "come of age" with us. As we grow, they grow. We begin to notice the realistic parts of the stories as we age and the morals that they are trying to portray. It's not just a cartoon to us anymore. Its something we based our childhood on. Looking back, it's hard to believe that I never really understood what these movies were really trying to teach us. The movie Beauty and the Beast, isn't the same movie that I watched when I was six. When I was younger Beauty and the Beast was about a pretty girl who ends up with prince charming. When I got a little older I learned not to go into the woods alone because there is a good chance you will get attacked by wolves. Today, I know that the moral is beauty is skin deep, something that may have sounded like......

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