Differences And Similarities Between 'Cinder' And The Movie Cinderella

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After reading the book ‘Cinder’ and watching the movie Cinderella I will be able to compare and contrast both stories throughout this essay. Cinder takes place in the future with cyborgs and hover cars, while Cinderella takes place in the past with carriages, kingdoms, and various farm animals. Although Cinder and Cinderella have many similarities like, evil stepmothers and the magic they have more differences. There are various differences when comparing Cinder and Cinderella mainly with the setting and plot they both take place in. To begin with, Cinder is a story that takes place in the future with high-tech and lunars that have magic. The character ,Cinder, is a cyborg that lives with her awful stepmother, Adri, and stepsister, Pearl, but Cinder’s other stepsister, Peony, is her only human friend that treats her fairly. Cinder runs a mechanic booth and works hard all day …show more content…

For instance, the story, Cinderella, takes place in the medieval times unlike Cinder. The medieval period is a where there are various kingdoms, no technology, carriages, and almost everything depends on animals. Cinderella is human girl and both her mother and father have died from illness, then was left in the hands of her evil stepmother and her two rotten step sisters. Moreover, Cinderella has always been treated unfairly. She slaves away doing all of the chores in the house and can barely go outside to do anything fun. Cinderella doesn’t have any other human friends she only has animal friends. Lastly, the only magic in the story is when Cinderella’s fairy godmother appears. The fairy godmother's appearance magic is only temporary, but in the story Cinder, Queen Levana and other Lunars’ magic can last as long as they want it to. In conclusion, there is a quite large amount of differences when comparing Cinder and Cinderella, but their similarities stand out the

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