Personal Narrative Story: The Story Of Snow White

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The story of Snow White is a favorite for many children and even some adults. This famous tale is enjoyed by many people, and also entails some very important life lessons. When I first watched the movie Snow White when I was younger, I did not realize the underlying meaning to it. However, I still managed to enjoy it and create a bond with the character Snow White. As a child, I would dress up as Snow White, and tell everyone that I lived with dwarfs being my siblings. As I grew older and matured, I started to see the moral of the story. Not only did it make me enjoy the movie more, but even made me decide that Snow White was one of my favorite childhood movies because it taught me to appreciate who you are and all that you have.
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With this arrangement came along a cruel and wicked stepmother who wants nothing but to be the most beautiful woman in all of the kingdom. After asking her magic mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all, she quickly finds the answer in which it is Snow White. The wicked stepmother is now full with rage and orders a huntsman to kill Snow White in the forest and to bring her heart back. However, he does not follow the orders of his queen. He sets Snow White free, and returns to her a deer heart. After roaming the woods, Snow White stumbles upon a cottage, in which she thinks to be vacant. She makes herself at home, and when she wakes up the next day she comes to see seven dwarfs. She explains to them her story and they agree to let her stay. She cooks for them, while they watch out for her with one simple rule: never open doors to strangers. Back at the palace the queen asks her magic mirror once again, who was the fairest of them all, and the mirror replies she lives in a forest with seven dwarfs. Now full with rage, the step mother makes a poisonous …show more content…
From watching it every chance I got, I became emotionally attached to the movie. I started to see myself as Snow White. I would dress up as her and attempt to live her lifestyle. It is expected of younger girls to relate to the many Disney princesses, and I related to Snow White for I thought myself to share the qualities of being helpful, and honest. I can now say that since I am older I now know some valuable lessons. One of the main lessons from the story was to not be jealous of what others are or what they have; which is shown through the queen by her jealousy of Snow White being the fairest. This caused her to do malicious things in order for her to be what she was not. This is telling all of the children watching to appreciate who you are and what you have. This means you must find inner love for yourself so you may end up happy, and not in need of what other people have. I live by this lesson daily, and try to share it with

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