Though the “storyteller is subject to comment and correction, approval and disapproval from the audience,”(Attebery 18) the disputed stories are still variations of the same parent story, Sleeping Beauty, ultimately keeping it alive. Those who own this particular story of Briar Rose are those who are willing to accept it, thus these same individuals also have the responsibility to pass it on. In” Fantasy and the Narrative Transaction”, by Brian Attebery, Attebery believes that both the reader and the listeners are able to contribute to a tale, and this holds true for the overarching tale of Sleeping Beauty, but not quite for Gemma’s version, Briar Rose. Because Yolen allows Gemma herself to be the whole essence of the story, it becomes more rigid and less flexible in terms of how it lacks the ability to be changed and altered, especially because she has already passed. Lilla LavanakulProfessor ShortWriting 39BBriar Rose: Gemma’s Identity Within Oral StorytellingThough oral tales go through centuries of warping alterations by listeners and those who pass them on, Jane Yolen distinguishes simple fairy tales from treasured family stories in her novel Briar Rose, by tying Gemma’s identity to her specific version of the story Sleeping Beauty which allows the passing of ownership of this story to be more family oriented.
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