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    In the novel, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is a princess that wants to do different things a normal person would do. She refuses to be proper, she is bored because she can’t do anything normal person would be able to do because of her parents saying it not princess like. Cimorene goes to the dragon’s cave and meets Kazul then they are best friends kind of because Cimorene helped Kazul when she was poisoned with dragonsbane that Cimorene brought home to ask what the purple spiky leaf was then the ashes got into Kazul’s lungs then she got sick and that is how Kazul got sick. Cimorene went to the dragon’s lair and was then wanted to be a princess because a dragon wanted a princess named Kazul. Kazul was Cimorene’s friend because she helped her by killing off the wizards with Alianora and the Stone prince she found at the jail for intruders with a bucket of water, lemon juice, and soap suds. Tokos was poisoned with dragonsbane plant that a wizard put in his drink so Woraug could be the king of the dragons. “The Stone King said, He overheard Woraug talking about executing Tokoz so they elect a new King for the King of Dragons. Woraug killed king Tokoz so he can be the new king of the dragons.”…

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    In the satirical novel Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede, a Medieval princess named Cimorene is no ordinary medieval princess. She is an adventurous girl who runs away from her family and societal obligations. She's joined forces with a fierce and powerful dragon named Kazul. Cimorene is Justified in ignoring the social norms because she is not happy with her life at Linderwall, is Submissive to going to an unknown place from a toad, and she would rather be a princess dragon then marry…

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    She’s a witch! The character from the book: Dealing with Dragons that I chose is named Morwen. I chose her because she plays a really big part of the story helping Cimorene and being a kind friend to everyone that is nice to her. Some things about Morwen that really stood out to me is that she is nice, very clean, and to top it all off she is a cat lady. In the book it states, “You’re the one Kazul has been borrowing dishes from aren’t you?” The way that Cimorene says that makes it sound…

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    In the Satire novel Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede the main character by the name of Cimorene is no ordinary medieval princess. She is an adventures girl who runs away from her familial and societal obligation she joins forces with a fierce and powerful dragon by the name of Kazul. Cimorene was justified in ignoring her social norms of a princess and her medieval society because she was not satisfied with her life, people always told her what not to do and she was forced to marry…

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    others believed that a princess should have their own voice and live a life of freedom and choice. In the novel Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede, Cimorene was overwhelmed with the expectations of society and longed for her freedom. This longing manifested inside her until she decided to ignore the manipulating society and escape to a land where her freedom cascaded around her. Cimorene was immensely justified in her quest to denounce the social norms of her time. Her betrayal of the crown…

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    In the satirical novel Dealing With Dragon by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character, Cimorene, is not a proper princess. She is a brave and helpful girl who is a 16 year old and is a princess for Kazul. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the social norms of society, because he’s improper, she doesn't want to marry Therdil, and she doesn't look like a princess. One of the reasons that Cimorene is justified by going against her family because she improper. Cimorene is not proper when she…

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    In the satirical novel, “ Dealing with Dragons” by Patricia C. Wrede, the disobedient and self-reliant Cimorene refuses the typical expectations of her family and the rest of civilization. Due to the pressure and constant reminder of how “it’s simply not done” Cimorene flees her dilemma and finds shelter with the dangerous and ferocious dragon, Kazul. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the expected social norms of Medieval society because Cimorene could overlook her life, create an impact on…

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    Do you think that even though people want you to be someone else that you should change to what they want? That if society expected you to do as they say and be molded to fit into the opinions of others around you. Well that's what makes the female protagonist in the novel Dealing with Dragons by, Patricia C. Wrede, Cimorene, justified in ignoring her social norms of her everyday life because she helped save a race of dragons from total destruction, she escaped an arranged marriage from a…

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    In the story, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede, Cimorene was not justified in ignoring the social norms of her day or running away because her parents were trying to have her married off. It was only part of tradition, her leaving was an overreaction, and in ignoring the social standards of her day and leaving, she would have a great impact on her kingdom. Cimorene was not justified in ignoring the social norms of her day because her parent’s attempt to marry her off was only part of her…

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    The book “Dealing with dragons” was published in 1990 by Patricia C. Wrede. People’s childhood is creative, most of them dream about the character in the fantasy novel and defeat monsters. Wrede is an American fantasy writer from Chicago, and she had wrote a series of books about dragons and known as Enchanted Forest Chronicles series. From the 20th century to now, fiction novels are loved by teenagers, and these books become very popular. As a fiction novel, “Dealing with dragons” is one of…

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