Social Challenges In 'Dealing With Dragons' By Patricia Wrede

In the satirical fairy tale Dealing with dragons, written by Patricia Wrede, Cimorene was justified in ignoring the expected social norms of her day because she helped save the dragons, escaped a life she did not enjoy, and she was able to avoid marrying someone she did not love.
To commence, Cimorene was true by running away because she was able to help save the dragons from wizards. “ ‘The wizards were going to fix it so this dragon would win. It sounded like a kind of cross-country race, and the wizards were going to hide along the path and-- help the dragon out somehow. I am afraid I’m not very clear about that part. Spells aren’t my specialty. I’m much better at hopeless causes.’ Alianora and Cimorene exchanged appalled glances…Cimorene darted in and kicked Antorell’s staff out of reach.” The quote explains that Cimorene needed to go and stop the wizards from ruining the selection for the new dragon king. It also explains that the wizards needed something that only the King of Dragons could get. A prince who had been turned to stone had been telling Cimorene and Princess Alianora what the wizards had planned for getting an object called the King’s Crystal. “ ‘I was talking about the wizards. They’ve poisoned the King of Dragons, and now they are trying to interfere with Colin’s Stone so that Woraug will be the new king. We have to stop them, but we don’t know …show more content…
However this is not a correct position because Cimorene’s parents only wanted what was best for their reputation, and Cimorene would have had married someone she did not love. In addition, people should consider that Cimorene pooh-poohing the social behavior in her day was good because she was able to help in defeating the wizards and saving the dragons. To sum up, Cimorene was more right than wrong to brush aside the typical social behavior of her