Ron Dias

Traditional Literature - Fairy Tale

This book is about Cinderella who is pretty much a maid to her stepmother and two stepsisters. She decides to go to the ball but before she can leave, her stepsisters destroy her dress. Her fairy godmother appears and creates a beautiful gown for Cinderella. She goes to the ball and meets the Prince, falling in love with him. She has to leave before midnight because the spell will be gone by then but she leaves behind her glass slipper which the Prince uses to track her down. He ends up finding her and they live happily every after.

Truthfully, I don't believe much in the princess stories that everyone is so familiar with simply because they are based on stories that have evolved so much that the original is lost. However, I think that this one teaches a good lesson on self identity and persevering through difficult times no matter the circumstances.… (mere)

Fantasy
A young girl's mother dies, leaving her and her father alone. Her dad remarries, and with her step-mother, she receives two step-sisters; the three new women in the girl's life are nothing short of awful. They make her do all the chores and sifting through the cinders, earning her the name Cinderella. The king has a dance to find a wife for his son; the step-mom and daughters leave Cinderella at home. Cinderella is visited by her fairy godmother, who gives Cinderella a carriage, footmen, and a beautiful dress with the understanding that they will all disappear at midnight. She goes to the dance, woos the prince (on accident), but has to run off at midnight, leaving her glass slipper behind. The lovestruck prince searches the entire kingdom for the girl, the step-sisters try to claim Cinderella's place as his girl, Cinderella is revealed to be the girl at the dance and they live happily ever after. The biggest lessons to be found are honesty, hard work, and good trumps evil. This book fits in the fantasy genre because of the magic, which doesn't exist in the real world.… (mere)