The use of archetypes in literature and movies is prominent and helps the readers and audiences to have a basic knowledge of the character backgrounds. In the Gingerbread Man story, the grandma and grandpa were lonely because they had no children and wanted to make a child out of gingerbread dough. The grandma and grandpa are categorized as caregiver and creator. They hoped to take care of the gingerbread man as their precious child, which we can see that they are associated with the caregivers’ qualities.

However, the Gingerbread man turned out to be an explorer. He desired freedom and exploration of what he can do in the new world. He feared of being trapped so he ran away from grandparent’s home and challenged himself to run away from many