Ugly sisters

I have fallen in love with my favorite poem. “Cinderella's Diary” by Ron Koertge. I have learned so much about poetry through this special collection of words and phrases. While the the title of the poem seems unimaginative the content of the poem speaks in a personal way. I just really love this poem “Cinderella’s Diary”. Cinderella's Diary has taught me that poetry can be created out of any content, the author just needs to be a little creative with word choice and the have a poem! The…

Cinderella vs. Little Ashes Although many people believe that fairy tales are the same across all cultures, the truth is that they are extremely different depending on the values of the culture. What that means is that the stories from different cultures are way different tales. For example the “Italian Cinderella Story” is way different from the “Native American Cinderella Story” “Little Ashes” so here are some things that are the same and different about the two stories. “The Italian…

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a fictional story written by E.T.A Hoffmann in 1816. This magical Christmas story is about a girl getting a very magical soldier doll, and go on the most unexpected adventure yet. There are hundreds of versions of this story, sad versions and happy versions, but the storyline remains the same. There are books, movies, plays, and even ballets! The original ballet was in 1892. The magical night of Christmas Eve this takes place. The protagonist named Clara is…

Synopsis: Tia Mowry-Hardrict stars as Holly: a kind hearted singer who tries out for the open spot in the local but well- known Christmas group called the Snow Belles that her late mother founded. Although extremely talented, Holly gets a call from Marci (Tori Spelling), the group’s leader, who tells Holly that the spot was taken by Marci’s less talented best friend. Determined to star in the local mall’s Christmas Eve show, Holly refuses to accept defeat. Consequently, she gathers a group of…

life. In many ways it has become my career, my future. Often now I wonder if this dancing is what led to my parents’ divorce. That split hurt a lot. Not only had my mom and my dad, who had been married for fifteen years, had their hearts broken, my sister and I did as well. She and I were split. I went with my mom and she stayed with my dad. This was made it nearly impossible to communicate with her. That’s why secretly we communicated over Skype a couple of times. That was of course before my…

Spirited Away is an animated film directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. In this animated feature, Chihiro a 10-year-old girl disapproves of the choice of her parents to move to a new house, especially when she notices that the bouquet of flowers her friend gave her as a good-bye gift is wilting. Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park while searching for their new house. At the abandoned amusement park her mother and father are turned into giant pigs. Chihiro…

There are many different cultural versions of the story of Cinderella. There is only one story of Cinderella that I grew up with and that is the “Disney movie version of Cinderella.” This particular version of the story most people of today’s culture are familiar with and know that it is truly loved by many. However, it is always great to venture out of the norm, and to look for other versions of the story that is so loved by many people. This is such a popular story that different cultures all…

Imagine a world where your stepmother made you slave away all day, every day. In class, we read a story called Aschenputtel. Aschenputtel is a girl whose stepmother treats her like she is a servant. When Aschenputtel’s stepmother refuses to let her go to the feast, she uses some mysterious magic to go meet the prince. Even though Aschenputtel is treated terribly by her stepmother and stepsisters, she still manages to have a good attitude. Generosity, consideration, and cleverness are…

I have always believed that everyone has a demon residing in them, it is up to you to decide whether to release the demon inside of you. Cinderella is a happy, kindhearted girl who once had a happy family. Even though her mother passed away, leaving her behind with her father, she still stays cheerful, trying to bring happiness to the people around her especially her father. When her father decided to remarry, Cinderella did not disapprove as her only wish is for her father to be happy. However,…

Cinderella stood facing Fairy Godmother, the woman whom she’d trusted for a long time – the one who saved her over and over from a life lived with many upsets. But, why now was this loving woman sending her into the forest to develop her sexual skills? Cinderella had none and didn’t want them. Fairy Godmother said that she must be sexually experienced before going before the Prince. Fairy Godmother also whispered, “You must have a voracious appetite for pleasing the Prince. You will own him, and…