Some differences in the setting are also present one is that the ball is three days long on the later version. Though the magic number of three and repetition is a powerful tool in children’s literature its deletion is suitable for the reason that patience is taken into account and the actions are redundant: girl goes to the ball, goes home, goes to the ball, goes home but looses a shoe. More differences in setting are in the dresses she wore, stockings and slippers. The details in the make and decorations are gone, the stocking, in fact, is also removed. Cinderella’s bed in the nineteenth century narrative was by the ashes (giving rise to her name), is too dreadful for a child to accept. The symbol of ashes can connote dust, death, and dirt this will tell children their outlook in society to be meaningless. The setting in a farm is another deletion. The sorting of peas and lentils suggests this setting because peas and lentil are food for the poor who are usually farmers.

The modern version did not only have removals, some addition was made. First they identified Cinderella as “pretty” immediately; a positive remark, to make children identify with their protagonist. Another important addition is when the cinder girl asks to go to the ball. Even though it is still considered preposterous by the stepsisters, it positively reinforces the idea of conveying feelings regardless of the undesirable answer. There is also the courage and hope present in that action. The motif of animals and pumpkin transformations puts a twist in the story. It enhances the imagination of a child and because most children like pumpkins and animals relating is simple. Her slipper also became glass, more fragile and open. The prince trying to stop Cinderella from leavin

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