The fairy tale I chose to write about was Cinderella, but instead of being told in Cinderella’s point of view I chose to write it in the evil step mothers point of view. I chose to write about Cinderella because when I was growing up I was a huge Disney fan, I still am, and Cinderella was one of my favorites, The Disney version is a little different than Perrault’s version and a lot different than the Grimm Brothers version. I chose to base my fairy tale off of Perrault’s version. In the French version, it is more like the Disney Cinderella and is not as gruesome as the Grimm Brothers. I feel like I knew more about Perrault’s Cinderella and could relate more to it. I brought my version of Cinderella into the modern days of the United
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Also, I used local places when talking about the setting. At the beginning of my fairy tale, the step mom is sitting at a popular martini restaurant that is located in downtown Fort Wayne, IN. While in the bar, she meets the guy who later on becomes her husband. I feel like that happens more and more now days. Couples meet at public places as in a popular nightclubs or at a bar. The father introduces himself or I should say, gets the ladies attention by buying her a drink which is very common in bars. Next, I used a short engagement in my story. Only after knowing each other for a couple months, the couple decides to get married. The last five-ten years, engagements are happening faster and faster. People can only know each other for a couple months and already be in love and rush to get married. In the …show more content…
Fairy tales used to be made with imaginations and magic, and if people were to write fairy tales now based on the modern society of the United States I do not feel like there would be any magic and fun to the stories. I believe adding things to the fairy tale to make it based off of the world today made it humorous kind of. It is crazy to see everyone concerned about what’s happening on their social media rather than whats happening in front of their own faces, and selfies especially. Taking pictures of yourself is the new fad, as to why the world came up with selfie
Also, I used local places when talking about the setting. At the beginning of my fairy tale, the step mom is sitting at a popular martini restaurant that is located in downtown Fort Wayne, IN. While in the bar, she meets the guy who later on becomes her husband. I feel like that happens more and more now days. Couples meet at public places as in a popular nightclubs or at a bar. The father introduces himself or I should say, gets the ladies attention by buying her a drink which is very common in bars. Next, I used a short engagement in my story. Only after knowing each other for a couple months, the couple decides to get married. The last five-ten years, engagements are happening faster and faster. People can only know each other for a couple months and already be in love and rush to get married. In the …show more content…
Fairy tales used to be made with imaginations and magic, and if people were to write fairy tales now based on the modern society of the United States I do not feel like there would be any magic and fun to the stories. I believe adding things to the fairy tale to make it based off of the world today made it humorous kind of. It is crazy to see everyone concerned about what’s happening on their social media rather than whats happening in front of their own faces, and selfies especially. Taking pictures of yourself is the new fad, as to why the world came up with selfie