The Big idea "Fables"

In the book "Fables" one big idea that I am able to understand from the story is that it’s hard to get used to a new environment when you grew up differently or come from another place. For example, in "Fables" all the fairy tale characters ended up in New York after they were kicked out of there world. They didn't like the fact that they had to hide their real lives from all the people that surrounded them.

The wolf had to hide his real form and disguised himself as a human. In his old fairy tale land the wolf was bad; he blew down the pig’s house down and tried to eat them for dinner. In the Fable Town that was created for all fairy tale characters wolfs life was different, he was the sheriff of the town, and he had to take care of the pig because he didn’t have a home and didn’t want to go to upstate. Wolf only had a studio apartment to his name. This was a sign for the wolf that he had to adjust to his new life like it or not because he had more responsibilities in the modern world. All the monsters that didn't look human and could not disguise themselves would have to live in farms in upstate New York. They hated the fact that they had to hide and cannot reveal themselves to world because they knew there town would be vulnerable to outsiders. An example would be the pig which lived with wolf after wolf had destroyed his house, the pig hated the fact that he had to go upstate and would escape every time and go back to wolf. People would be afraid when they would see the pig run around the city, the pig himself looked very afraid. The beast was having problems with his wife because she could not do anything with him since he was not in human form; she hated that and wanted to get a divorce. Prince charming wanted to be rich but in fact he was no prince in New York so he was poor and depended in girls he slept with to take care of him. For example, prince charmed a girl in a diner and told her he didn’t have money but would like to do something with her, she agreed and had a one night stand. When the girl woke up he left a note saying if she can do his laundry and he had taken a few dollars. Since she liked him she did it. Prince had to use his looks to maneuver throughout the city to live, and to communicate with the society, since it was his only strength.

Therefore this big idea that the comic book “Fables” gives to the readers is very understandable and true. It’s not easy to adjust to new surroundings especially when you are used to your old town and seeing the same faces. For the fairy tale characters they see that New York is different and very diverse, they aren’t used to that, they are creatures from another world. It is to say many can relate to the big idea when they are moving from one country to another, or moving from one state to another, life is different and you have to change your own in order to survive, and feel comfortable.