The Path

It was interesting to see how the different characters viewed the same items in the game. Rose's view of the dead bird was one of compassion and understanding where as Ginger's view was one of selfishness. When I met the wolf as Rose I did not realize it was the wolf at first. I thought it was a bleeding body that Rose was going to help. Instead it took her outlook on life and completely flipped it. While she showed compassion, she looked to have been raped in return. In this, The Path challenges your outlook on life, forcing you to ask yourself if it is correct. In a way Carter's stories do the same thing. In Wolf-Alice the question for me at the end was if humanity was really necessary for compassion. Both works are much more violent and visceral than the original Red Riding Hood tale but because The Path has access to your sense of sight and hearing, I believe it does a much better job of conveying themes of violence and maturity.