Movie : Cinderella Man

For decades, the famous fairy tale that we have all grown so fond of over the decades years has touched many young adolescent girls in many ways. Perhaps; the story of (Cinderella) has had such an impact in ways, which, which a young girl gains a stereotypical idea of these fantasies. The desire for a life lived “happilyy ever after” that is repetitively pounded into recent generations of young girls via corporations such as Disney has created a scripted lifestyle, or personality traits for young girls. Following the analysis of Ever After, Cinderella, and What’s wrong with Cinderella by Peggy Orenstein we can: conclude that the generalization and persistent theme of princesses over time; can alter the unique individual development of personality in adolescents, as well as propose a major profit opportunities for large corporations simply by continuously portraying and merchandising the fairy tale concept to young girls around the world.

Cinderella Man was a movie based on a true story during The Great Depression. The Great Depression began when the stock market crashed in October of 1929. During this time people lost their jobs, homes, families, and their basic way of living. Banks collapsed, and the drought killed most of the crops. In the film the setting is New York about four years after the Depression set in.

In a world that is coming apart, due significantly to the 1930’s Depression, family life deteriorates when jobs becomes lost as well as do those whose sense of worth is bound up in them. In both stories, the coping mechanism in males deprived by stress of job loss leads inevitably to a loss of dignity rendering them less able to function as heads of the family. It is at this juncture that women feel the threat to family life is endangered and instinctively cope with the situation, however they can. Lastly, hope, which was sustained, for a time, diminishes for both families, leading to the breaking apart of all that each envisioned. Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Howard’s Cinderella Man demonstrate how quickly a family can disintegrate when its hopes are unrealized.

When the first World War ended in 1918, soldiers returned to their families and homes, but also with no jobs. Some soldiers came back with the little amount of money however, it was not enough to sustain their families without proper income. They forced women to give up the jobs they took over when the men went to war. This was known as the Great Depression. James J. Braddock, the protagonist of the movie “Cinderella Man”, was a family man who did anything he could to provide for his loved ones; scrimping by on small boxing matches he can get and on dock work. Like many others in this era, Braddock loses all his possessions and savings due to the stock market crash in 1929. New kinds of technology are introduced to the world, including automobiles

Cinderella lived with her step mother and was always pushed around and forced to work. Cinderella’s step mother was not kind to Cinderella. Her step mother was always making Cinderella do everything and not her two step sisters. Cinderella’s step sisters, Drizella and Anastasia were the favorite to their mother. The fairy godmother came to save Cinderella’s night and used her magic powers to help Cinderella, as she was a caring and nice godmother to Cinderella. The prince was a good man trying to find the perfect women for him at his royal ball.

Life lessons stick with people throughout their life even if they're derived from children's stories. There are valuable lessons in three versions of Cinderella, a beloved fairy tale around the world. Grimm’s version of “Cinderella” published in 1812 was a very momentous tale among youngins in Germany. Korea's version of “Cinderella” published in 1990 was a widespread tale amount children in Korea. Disney’s depiction of “Cinderella” was a popular tale amount kids in America. In each variation of “Cinderella”- Grimm, Korea, and Disney one valuable theme stands out among all others.

Ever since childhood I have always loved the fairy tail of Cinderella. Ever since the original disney version of the cinderella movie created in the 1950s, many modern versions of the movie have been made. I have watched every remake ever made of this movie. One of my all time favorite modern remakes of this movie is called “Another Cinderella Story”. Although the story line of the movie remains the same many aspects of the movie change as well in order to make the movie unique.

In the novel, “Cinderella”, the brothers Grimm described the bird coming to aid Cinderella, so she may go to the ball. However, the fantasy aspect of something coming to your rescue does not always occur. The authors state, “Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She put on the dress with all speed, and went to the festival.” (Grimm and Grimm).The birds can be characterized as a type of fairy godmother that comes to assist Cinderella in overcoming her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. However, in today's society, not many people have the opportunity to get assistance in achieving a desire they wish to have. Many would argue that Cinderella could have just wished to have a better

In the opening of the movie “Cinderella Man,” we see James Braddock, a number one boxer beat a man with no problem whatsoever. At that point of the movie I thought I knew what direction the story would take. But I could not of been any more wrong. I had no idea what the movie was about or who was Jim Braddock. By the first incredible scene transition I knew it would end up being a rags to riches story. Indeed it was, but who doesn’t love an underdog?

I choose to revise the Grimm brothers’ Cinderella because I felt the tale left the most negative impact on young girls. It was the tale that infuriated me the most for its emphasis on beauty as the only element that brings value to women. I can’t exactly claim that this tale is the root of all beauty problems but it has certainly played a role, being as it is the most popular tale worldwide with countless revisions. Characters such as Cinderella make women feel like they have to be the upmost beautiful women in order to marry a prince. Thus, women constantly subject themselves to pain and mutilation in order to reach impossible beauty standards. Women pay for expensive cosmetic surgeries, plaster their faces with make-up, do extreme diets,

A mother is hypothetical to be kind and loving, understanding and is supposed to never want to let her kids go. In some cases, that is not is not accurate, and falls with the case of the Grimm brothers. Jacob and Wilhelm’s mother had send them away for school, which had left the Grimm brothers feeling unwanted and believing that their mother did not love them. The brothers do not dwell on how their mother had made them feel and how she betrayed them but instead had worked hard to become famous fairy tale writers. They expressed how the felt about their relationship with their mother into their versions of fairy tales and most, if not all the time, the mother is not the moral character in the story. They display their feelings throughout

Each version of Cinderella relies on the supernatural events that Cinderella endure for her to prepare for the ball. In Perrault’s version, the fairy godmother is the supernatural helper that aids her in preparing for the Prince’s ball. The fairy godmother reshaped objects and animals into different forms so they would be able to fulfill functions the fairy godmother required of them. Grimm’s version of Cinderella uses a magical bird to give her the things she needed. Cinderella does not directly ask for the things specifically, but she knows exactly how to ask for them in order to receive what she needed for the three day ball. Walt Disney’s version is similar to Perrault 's version. It also incorporates a fairy godmother, but in more detail. She turned pumpkins into carriages, pet mice into horses,a dog into a man, and the barn horse into a coachman. If the fairy godmother or magical bird did not help Cinderella, she would have not been able to attend the ball and readers might not have recognized any of these stories as being versions of Cinderella.

The ability to dream is magical in itself. A girl often plays the game of, “Happily ever after,” where she goes to a ball and falls madly in love with the prince. Disney first captured this idea in the film Cinderella in 1950. One fact that seemed to bother some viewers was that the destined couple met and fell in love at first sight. It is perfectly plausible, but somewhat unrealistic.

Unlike in Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast contains an assertive female character who serves as an inspiration and guidance for many individuals. Evidently, Beauty has many unique characteristers such as her bravery and confidence, yet she is deemed to be odd by people around her. Beauty’s passions and interests were to read novels and learn new information due to her curiosity, hence another character insisted that she stop reading. The character’s words were “The whole town's talking about it. It's not right for a woman to read.” (Beauty and the Beast, 1991). Because Beauty’s character did not conform with the norms in her town, people presumed she was deviant and odd. In addition, she was stigmitized due to her passion of reading because

Human culture is filled with fairy tales. These fairies start out as simple but entertaining stories but as they get handed down from one generation to the next, they gradually become more than simply fairy tales. They grow and become bedtime stories for growing children as such play an important role in the children’s perception of the world and society in which they live in. One such popular fairy tale is (Cinderella, Cary & Anita, 52). It demonstrates that modern day fairy tales play a role in our society as subtle instructions for behaviors and morals that Children are supposed to follow. On the surface, it may come across as a very simple story on a young woman whose wishes eventually