Right now I am sitting with my mom watching A Little Princess. I never noticed but this movie is kind of like a version of Cinderella. After discussing the different characteristics of the Cinderella plot in class a few weeks ago, I was able to see similarities between this movie and Cinderella that I was never able to see before. Basically, in the movie the heroine is Sara Crewe (Cinderella). In the beginning, Sara is a wealthy, beautiful girl who lives with her father. This is where we see the absent mother. Shortly into the movie her father leaves for war and she is left at an all girls private school with a cruel headmistress, Mrs. Minchin (the evil stepmother). Now, the father is absent. We then learn that her father is killed in battle soon after and she loses everything- money, clothes, valuables, and friends. She is forced to live as a servant in the school. Much like Cinderella, she is well mannered and does her chores without complain. Some of the girls at the school give her a hard time and to me they seem like evil step sisters. Now, even though there is no handsome prince waiting for Sara, he is present in the character of her father. In the end, it is discovered that he really did not die, and Sara is reunited with him. This makes for a true happily ever after! I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a version of Cinderella, but it contains many aspects of the versions we read in class.
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