AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -"Jack and the Beanstalk” is an English fairy tale. It appeared as “The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean” in 1734 and as Benjamin Tabart’s moralized “The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk” in 1807.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant.

Detailed explanation-3: -His surname is nearly always Trott, but on some occasions he can be a “Durden”, when his mother is Dame Durden. Mostly he is Jack Trott.

Detailed explanation-4: -The moral for Jack and the Beanstalk would be make the best of a bad situation, and when opportunity knocks, take advantage of it. Jack does both. When the beanstalk grows, he climbs and finds the giant’s lair. He takes treasure from the giant’s home.

Detailed explanation-5: -As “Jack and the Beanstalk” has a long written and oral history, it is hard to attribute an author to the story. In 1890, Joseph Jacob published his version of “Jack and the Beanstalk” in English Fairy Tales, based on the oral versions of the story he heard as a child.