Is our current reality really real? Do the media tell us the truth or is it up to us to read critically and listen critically to arrive at a more objective truth of events? In this essay, I will first examine truth versus reality in a general way. Next, I will explore perceptions about the reality of women's oppression. Finally, I wonder why people who seek true happiness end up destroying themselves? Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Jon Scieszka wrote a short play "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" trying to exonerate the wolf character. In the original story, the wolf is the big bad wolf. In almost all fairy tales the wolf is the bad guy. Research has shown that wolf packs are sociable and caring animals, hardly deserving of the prejudicial conception of being completely evil. Jon, however, too easily excuses the wolf from any responsibility for destroying the pigs and their homes and blames the pigs for their own misfortune due to their stupidity and lack of building skills. On the other hand, the wolf is the caring character who needs sugar for his grandmother. So which story is a true interpretation of animal and even human behavior? Obviously neither of them. Human beings are often quick to blame others rather than themselves for their misfortunes. Our media talks about fake news, which is an aberration of the truth, all the more harmful because it usually contains some kernel of truth. So the Little Pigs versions teach me to read and think critically to seek what is true. Abuse of women has made a lot of headlines in recent times. It is a social issue that should not be ignored. The Grimm fairy tale “Cinderella” provides some very interesting insights into women who abuse women. For example, when Cinderella's sisters treated her like a slave, they would not let her go out and kept her locked away from the outside world. The sisters especially didn't want her to come to the ball because any extra girl would only drive them away from the prince. They were convinced that meeting the man they wanted would be essential to their happiness. In many places in our world, women are still expected to get married, and moreover enter high society, as was the dream of the stepsisters in the fairy tale. The practice of parents marrying off their young daughters against their sons' wishes is still quite common for reasons of financial security. When women exclude other women or spread bad gossip, aren't we like the stepmother and her daughters? The Cinderella fairy tale sheds light on existing stereotypes about female beauty that have caused anxiety and worry for many women, especially teenagers who are unsure of themselves and eager to please. Cinderella's glass slipper only fit her delicate little foot. Then and now beauty seems to have measurable standards, a thin waist, small feet, long gorgeous hair, a small nose, long eyelashes, well-groomed hands and feet. The list could be extended to include a beauty queen. But then what is true beauty? Cinderella was the same person when she was mistreated and dressed in rags as she was when she was dressed in sparkling dresses for the ball. It personifies a beauty that is not measurable. Despite her suffering and perhaps because of what she had to endure, she had an inner beauty that radiated in those she met at the ball and was not lost on the prince. Her outward beauty could be seen as an example of measurable norms. But one can assume.