step-sisters constantly made fun of Cinderella and made her work day in and day out‚ sunrise to sunset. One day Cinderella asked her father to bring her back a branch of a huckleberry tree. He does as she requests and Cinderella plants it at her mother’s grave and weeps. Crying made the branch grow into a beautiful tree and soon after‚ a bird started appearing on the huckleberry tree. The bird became Cinderella’s friend and he would throw down anything that Cinderella wished for. The night of the prince’s
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Comparing and Contrasting Cinderella Stories By: Andi Borchers P4 How many Cinderella stories do you think there are? There is over 900 of them! But right now I’m only going to compare\contrast 3 stories called‚ “Ashenputtle”‚ “Yeh-Shen”‚ and “The Algonquin Cinderella”. Plus 1 poem‚ “Interview”. All of these stories‚ not the poem‚ are from long ago! Yet‚ the poem is a modern poem! Here is all of the compare/contrast I’m going to do. The similarities in some of these stories except the poem are
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Yen Mah’s story. In Chinese Cinderella there is evidence that Adeline has a tough bring up with her family. “But then Mama died giving birth to you. If you had not been born‚ Mama would still be alive. She died because of you. You are bad luck”. These were the first few words we heard from Big Sister. It has set that image in your mind what the book will be like. Her siblings blames Adeline’s birth
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The video that I selected to compare the Cinderella Grimm version is Yeh Shen‚ which is a Chinese fairytale. Yeh Shen is an orphan who lives in a cave with her stepmother and stepsister. Yeh Shen goes to the pond where she is greeted by her only friend who is a fish named Golden Eyes. Her stepmother and stepsister see her talking to the fish and they send her to retrieve wood from a far away place. While Yeh Shen is gone‚ the stepmother captures and cooks the fish. When Yeh Shen comes back from gathering
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retell the story of Cinderella. The Cinderella story goes back as far as the 800s in China with the main character named Yeh-Shen (Northrup). There are hundreds of versions of this story that can be found around the world in places in Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and South American. The Cinderella story that inspired Walt Disney’s popular movie and is the one that most European and American audiences know came from the French tale that originated in the 1690s. In that version‚ Cinderella is named Cendrillon
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Nuclear Family as portrayed in Cinderella Man “I have to believe that when things are bad I can change them.” James J. Braddock did exactly that. Cinderella Man was filmed in 2005. It was directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer‚ with screenplay credits to Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman; Cliff Hollingsworth wrote the story as well. This film was released and aired in over 30 countries through out the world. On its opening weekend in the USA‚ Cinderella Man brought in well over 18
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Modern day Cinderella “Can I just get the new phone? Please everyone has it.” Asked Cinderella. “No! You don’t deserve the new phone.” Snapped her stepmother mom. “Ughhh you’re not even my real mother. I’m going to my room.” She cried. “Well my stepsisters get everything they want.” She whispered under her breath while making her way upstairs. After she got into her room‚ she slammed her door behind her. She pulled out her phone and started to her friends. The next day Cinderella had to drive
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Chinese Cinderella‚ by Adeline Yen Mah. The secret story of an unwanted daughter. The story‚ set in 1941‚ during the time of the civil war between colonists and nationalists has all the constituents needed to make a good Cinderella story; a girl suffering with inequality within her family‚ a dead mother‚ horrid stepmother‚ careless father & hateful siblings. By now you would have had enough of all the different alterations of the classic Cinderella story‚ from the jealous siblings to the lost shoe
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Cinderella is a famous fairy tale. The original people know it was written by the Grimm brothers. However‚ it is not the only version written. The Ojibwa People wrote a Cinderella story also. There are many similarities and differences between the two stories. Sootface is a better story with a better lesson. Cinderella’s mother died and she was left with two stepsisters and a stepmother. Cinderella’s father was still around but often gone. Sootface mother passed away and left her with her two oldest
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fairy tales used are “The Golden Goose” and “Cinderella”. All of the actions people perform to society and others have consequences. People’s actions describe how someone is as a person. Cinderella’s father married another woman who brought with 2 step daughters with her. “So they took off her fine clothes‚ and put upon her an od grey cloak‚ and gave her wooden shoes for her feet”(Cinderella pg 1). The stepsisters were very cruel and harsh to Cinderella because she was not from the same mother. These
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