Cinderella
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Sid John
Paper #2
Rhetoric & Composition I
Cinderella
Every culture seems to have its own Cinderella story. From the story of the Rough Faced Girl to Tam and Cam, the story of a girl overcoming hatred to find love strikes a chord with the human heart. Cinderella comes in many different forms, including a fish or a fairy, a prince or a god, a shoe or death itself and reincarnation. The base remains the same, as does the ending. Cinderella provides a look inside some of the basic morals and needs of societies all around the world, and gives hope to each new generation that they can rise above adversity.
The story of Cinderella begins with a girl who is hated by her mother and sister or sisters, living in misery. She finds a reason to live in the simple pleasures possible to her as she serves her family like a slave, her only friends small animals or a fairy. She sees hope in a handsome prince or a god who needs a wife, but thinks that she could never become that woman. Magically, she is transformed into a beautiful princess by her fairy godmother or deceased fish, gets her man, gets separated from said man, and returns to her home, where her family finds out what happened. Sometimes, as in Tam and Cam, she marries the prince and dies to be resurrected...