How does the author support the main idea in this paragraph?
Read the excerpt from "How the Grimm Brothers Saved
the Fairy Tale."
Turning to the tales of the first edition, a reader might
notice that many of the stories such as "The Hand with
the Knife," "How Some Children Played at Slaughtering,"
and "The Children of Famine," have nothing to do with
fairies or happy endings. Instead, these are stark
narratives about brutal living conditions in the nineteenth
century. For instance, "The Children of Famine" begins
this way:
Once upon a time there was a woman with two
daughters, and they had become so poor that they no
longer had even a piece of bread to put in their mouths.
Their hunger became so great that their mother became
unhinged and desperate. Indeed, she said to her
children, "I've got to kill you so that I can get something
to eat."
with a claim that the narratives show brutal living
conditions
with three titles of stories from the brothers Grimm
with an example that shows why the stories are fit for
children
with an example that shows a specific brutal living
condition