For this reading
note I will cover the story of Little Hugh. I was warned at the
beginning of the story that it would be anti-semitic but it still did
not prepare me for the antisemitism in the story. The story starts
out with a strong Christian start. It has a little boy named Hugh who
loves signing hymns. He gets an older boy to teach it to him and when
he learns it he starts singing it every where he goes. After a while
the story says that some Jews decide to kill him because he is
singing that song. After killing the boy he continues to sing the
song and when the Christians find him they punish the Jews. The story
is terribly anti-semitic but I am glad we have an example of this so
that we can learn from our mistakes. If I retell this story I will
definitely remove the anti-semitic part of it.
Bibliography: The overall reading notes is from the Canterbury Tales unit. The particular story of Little Hugh comes from: The Chaucer Story Book by Eva March Tappan (1908).
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