Response to “Insights from a Cinderella Story”

First, the author claim that some movies are so rich with symbolism and then mentioned a movie Ever After-A Cinderella Story. She takes a different view to read Cinderella again, in her stepmother shoes, giving many interesting and fresh information and thoughts. She reminds us, stepmother is in a tough situation as a single mother with a household to run, and three girls to raise while Cinderella still hardly deserves the fall from the good life she had with her father.Then, the author thinks and explores more deeply that she suggests the Cinderella Story shows us how it feels when the shelter of childhood ends. When this warm and safe shelter ends, we are supposed to grow and take more responsibilities than before. Hence, “There are always step-sisters within--inner critics ready to find fault with everything we do. It is easy to project this--so that we imagine that others think badly of us. Dealing with the mean step-sister voice within is a struggle for most people.”