The birth of fairy tales is many times unknown, but their reputation has always remained the same. These tales not only entice children with their wondrous lands and magical allure, but captivate the child by involving easily identifiable characters with recognizable problems. While these stories provide mind-bending imagery, the lessons they provide do not cease to exist once the book is closed. Bruno Bettelheim, the author of Uses of Enchantment, has constructed an assessment that fairy tales offer insight into the child's psychological life. He believes that such literature describes and highlights the significance of the ways in which the child develops and deals with real-life conflicts. Addressing such a controversial topic for the first time, all of Bettelheim's positions are not entirely justified. In some cases, they are left open, allowing for an uproar of criticism due to its vague assumptions. Although he has the best interest and good intentions of children, he fails to notice the clear difference between an adult's analysis of the mental level and that of a child. He also easily misunderstands psychological facts making it difficult to fully agree with his position due to its lack of truth (Zipes). Bettelheim only observes some aspects of fairy tales and their connection with children, and often ignores or neglects other aspects such as how children learn and what they get from the fairy tale in reality. Through his book, Gale's critical essays, psychological support, and the fairy tales themselves, refuting Bettelheim appears to be an easy task; but his work still deserves some qualification for its careful style and should not be completely released. James Heisig examines Bettelheim's work in Uses of Enchantment. Bettelheim transmits... half of the paper... e.g.” Children's Literature: Annualof The Modern Language Association Group on Children's Literature and TheChildren's Literature Association 6 (1997): 93-114. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper and Jennifer Allison Brostrom. vol. 79.Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Literary resources from Gale. Network. February 17, 2010.Rylant, Cynthia and Mary Blair. Walt Disney's Cinderella. New York: Disney, 2007.2-26. Print.Zip, Jack. “On the Use and Abuse of Fairy Tales and Fairy Tales with Children: BrunoBettelheim's Moralistic Magic Wand.” Breaking the Magical Spell: Radical Fairy Tale and Folk Theories. 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. Gale Literary Resources. Network. March 22. 2010.