Once upon a time, a carpenter called Gepetto made a boy out of wood. he called the boy Pinocchio.
However, Pinocchio was naughty and whenever he lied, his nose grew. He paid no heed to this and left school to join the circus.
Pinocchio found the whale but got swallowed as well. In the stomach of the whale...
Oh how I wish my wooden boy would come to life.
I promise to never lie again and be a good boy
That night a fairy came and gave the boy life!
Pinocchio felt bad that he had left Gepetto and this was when he got news that Gepetto was swallowed by a whale. He immediately set off to find him
In order to become real you must always be good and never lie. If you do, then your nose will grow larger
Story of The Gingerbread Man
Dear fox, will you help me cross the river?
What a lovely cookie I have made!
Come Here!
Ha ha! You'll never catch me!
Sure, why not!
While running, a pig joined the chase.
Once upon a time, there was an old lady who had baked a cookie...
Soon after, a cow joined as well!
The Gingerbread Man though, didn't want to be eaten. He jumped up and started running
Once they had crossed the river, the fox double-crossed The Gingerbread man and ate him up!
COME BACK HERE!!!
Come here!
Ha ha! You'll never catch me!
OH NO!
Ha ha! You'll never catch me!
The Gingerbread Man
Comparison between conventions of The Gingerbread Man and Pinocchio
The Gingerbread Man - Fairy TaleIt is in the third person narrativeIt is in the past tenseI also has a moral which is that you shouldn’t trust everyone that you meetThere is quite a bit of magical influence as the Gingerbread man can doing everything that a human does and the fox, pig and cow all also can talk in the storyThe setting was unrealistic as it would be strange to see a random cottage on a hill near a forest. This makes it seem a lot like a fairy taleIt was written in AmericaIt was accessible first to the kids who read the St. Nicholas magazine in 1875The conflict between the characters in the story is that the gingerbread man runs away from the grandma and also that the gingerbread man trusts the fox and then is also eaten by him.
Pinocchio - Folk TaleIt is in the third person narrativeIt is in the past tenseThe story has a moral that you should never lieIt includes only a slight amount of magic to make Pinocchio a boyIt had many realistic settings like the circus, the house and the only unrealistic setting was in the mouth of the whaleIt was written in ItalyI was accessible to almost anyone who could pay for the book since 1940The conflict between the characters in the story is that Pinocchio leaves Gepetto to go to the circus
Pinocchio
This page shows the story of Pinocchio
Plot Structure Comparisons
Rising Action:The Gingerbread Man jumps upHe starts to run away from the grannyHe passes multiple other animals on the way
Climax:He reaches a riverHe asks a fox to talk him to the other side of the river
The fairy made Pinocchio a real boy and they lived happily ever after.
After a while, The Gingerbread Man reached the river.
This page shows the story of The Gingerbread Man
Plot Structure Comparisons
Rising Action:A fairy comes and makes Pinocchio come to lifeShe warns him to be good and never lie
Climax:Pinocchio runs away to the circusHe hears that Gepetto was swallowed by a whale
In this page, we can see the differences and similarities between the conventions of the stories of Pinocchio and The Gingerbread Man.
Story Concept Comparisons
A fairy is in the story of Pinocchio but not the Gingerbread Man
This is the Plot Structure of the Gingerbread man
Exposition:An old lady is baking a Gingerbread Man
Falling Action:The fox swims with the Gingerbread man to the other side of the river
Resolution:The fox reaches the other sideHe flips his head up and eats the Gingerbread Man
This is the plot structure of Pinocchio. A similarity between the plot structures is that both of the protagonists run away from their origin place and they also come to life.A difference is that in the gingerbread man, the protagonist dies and it is a sad ending whereas in Pinocchio the protagonist is reunited with his maker and they live happily.
Exposition:A carpenter, Gepetto, makes a wooden boy called Pinocchio
Falling Action:He searches for Gepetto and also gets swallowed by the whalePinocchio apologizes and they both escape
Resolution:Pinocchio always goes to school and they live happily
In a variation of Pinocchio a fox tells Pinocchio that with his school money, he could make a money tree. He instead steels the money and runs away.
Talking foxes are one common story concept between The Gingerbread Man and one of the variations of Pinocchio.
Fairies, trolls and dwarfs don't appear commonly in the stories of Pinocchio and the Gingerbread man.
A fox eats up The Gingerbread Man
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