Cinderella effect

Author Stephen King once said, “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” I love this quote because it rings true to me. As a little girl, I remember opening the pages of my favorite fairytale and becoming part of the story. I was the princess waiting for my knight in shining armor. or the peasant girl waiting for my fairy godmother to come and turn my life right side up. Everything seemed real—I didn’t know why—but it did. It wasn’t until recently that I learned of the magic authors created…

He is left with a sad feeling leaving his friends. At the end of the movie, I saw a more caring Lightning, he was excited to see that his friends showed up to the race to support him in his pit crew. He valued friendships and did not care about winning. On the last lap of his race, a fellow race car gets into a wreck and McQueen helps that car across the finish line before him. All of this showed me that Lightning McQueen was definitely a dynamic character due to the love from his friends. The…

Steps out of True Love “So to spend a life of endless bliss; Just find who you love through true love's kiss…” The lyrics from a Disney film Enchanted tells about Disney’s “true love”, which trapped Disney Princesses in their assigned gender roles for years. Over nearly eight decades, under the influence of development of feminism, the fairytale-style true love first defined by Disney films has been constantly challenged and finally subverted. Throughout three waves of feminist movements,…

Ginny could barely wait as the night trickled by. Mother cried for hours about losing her precious child, and after a while, even Father stopped trying to calm her down. Ginny understood that her Mother needed to cry, but she wished that she was not so loud. Finally, however, midnight trickled in, and Ginny was free to leave. She grabbed her cloak, shoes, and a lantern and dashed quickly outside, eager to see Ben. Ginny hurried through the streets, her lantern held high. The light was…

There are many different versions of the Cinderella story. In every one of the stories, for example Cinderella (French) and Cendrillon(Caribbean) there is a reoccuring theme, as well as a motif. For example, there is always an evil villain, or in this case the stepmothers and stepsisters. In the two stories, Cinderella and Cendrillon, both of the girls are treated poorly by their stepmothers and sisters. The stepmothers represent the evil villians/antagonist and the stepsister/sisters as the…

Folktales and legends have been told to families for centuries. So when thinking of the classic, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you imagine to think about the same story you were told as a child. But the recent comic version of this tale,Silver Hair and the Three Xairs, changes the perspective of how you see this classic. So, by analyzing both stories by seeing how the characters, setting, and plots are similar and different, we will still see the abnormal yet fun story we all know. The…

Cinderella with a Y Chromosome Fairy tales have been communicated to one another for centuries; they all tell a story of each culture’s views by the way people convey it. There are many diverse fairy tales, but one of the most iconic, which has been around for a long time, is Cinderella. One version from the 1960s is a film entitled Cinderfella. In this comedy, Jerry Lewis plays Cinderfella, a male Cinderella. I chose this text because I feel it is a good example of Linda Parsons’ reference to…

Cinderella and Ashenputtel folktale stories are the same in comparison with minor detail differences to contrast about each storyline. The major characters posses the same roles with different names. The story begins the same in the context of the father being remarried. Therefore, causing a chain of events to occur over the course of three days. Each story begins differently but exchanges the same ending. Cinderella's dad remarried a woman with two daughters. They all have bad tempers which…

Doodle optically discerned his brother as a doting sentinel, but in this case, brother was selfish. He has only availed doodle become mundane for his own good and not fixating on the possible effects that has led to Doodle’s demise. Doodle had always told Brother to never leave him because Doodle cannot be isolated, but pride can enslave people towards a categorical goal and for brother he was bound by it. Brother had his pride which verbalized…

broad spectrum ranging from the coercing of societal changes to the biological effect they may have on humans. Regardless of whether or not this reluctance is rationally or scientifically based, it is something that most new forms of technology go through. Currently, there is great debate regarding the benefits and harms of the use of tablets (ex. iPad) by toddlers (1-3 years old). This essay will examine how the effects of tablet on toddlers can greatly vary according to how they are used.…