Bruno Bettelheim, a child psychologist, was one of the most controversial psychoanalysts in history. Born in Vienna in 1903, he was interned in a concentration camp, where he was released after the Second World War. He soon went to America and became a citizen. In the United States, Bettelheim worked as a professor at the University of Chicago. He has also worked with many children with mental disorders to assist them in daily life. In helping these children, Bettelheim wrote down his findings and published many books and scientific articles. Many have praised his successes and accepted the useful psychological guidelines of his work. Others criticized Bettelheim, saying he abused the children he worked with, or that he plagiarized many of his works. In 1990 Bettelheim committed suicide. In one of his most important books, The Uses of Enchantment, written in 1976, Bettelheim explores the relationship between a child's development and fairy tales. Many praised the ideas Bettelheim had come up with, but critics accused him of plagiarism or false information. In attempting to describe the influence of fairy tales on children, Bettelheim creates many excellent theories that would still have an impact in the psychological community; this impact is weakened by the counterpoints of criticism. In the book The Uses of Enchantment Bettelheim formulates many plausible and splendid theories on the relationship between fairy tales and child development. One of the most significant theories that Bettelheim presents is that if a child is deprived of a fairy tale he or she may not be able to use the lesson learned and apply it to real life (Dundes). According to Bettelheim, fairy tales teach essential lessons that could help a child learn... middle of paper... and The Children's Literature Association 6 (1977): 93-114. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper and Jennifer Allison Brostrom. vol. 79. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Literature Resource Center. Network. March 11, 2010. Illick, Joseph E. “Telling Another Fairy Tale.” New Leader 73.6 (April 16, 1990): 20-21. Rpt. In Contemporary literary criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. vol. 175. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Network. February 12, 2010.Zipes, Jack. “On the Use and Abuse of Fairy Tales and Fairy Tales with Children: Bruno Bettelheim's Moralistic Magic Wand.” Breaking the magical spell: radical theories of folk and fairy tales. University of Texas Press, 1979. 160-182. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper and Jennifer Allison Brostrom. vol. 79. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Literature Resource Center. Network. February 12. 2010.