Ella

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I’d also like to mention that Ella Enchanted is otherwise bursting with charm and color at every turn. Enchanting descriptions abound – everything from the tiny pottery castle her father sells to Ella’s magic self-replenishing book, her beautiful dresses for each ball to the food that she cooks with Mandy the cook/ fairy godmother. There are also delightful creatures: tiny dragons who toast cheese with their noses, gnomes who tell the future, waxy green elves who sleep under the stars and docile centaurs. Kuykendall, Leslee Farish, and Brian W. Sturn. "We Said Feminist Fairy Tales, Not Fractured Fairy Tales!." Children & Libraries: The Journal Of The Association For Library Service To Children 5.3 (2007): 38-41. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. Mendelson notes that out of approximately two hundred stories by the Brothers Grimm that feature collaborative efforts among characters to achieve big goals... I was delighted to find that it is as good as I remember. (By the way, do not allow the dreadful Anne Hathaway movie nominally based on this book to influence you. It is, in every important way, unrelated.) Ella Enchanted is the retelling of Cinderella that you didn't know you needed. Fairy tales, in their original versions, typically don't make a lot of sense. (The original of Cinderella is the Grimm Brothers's extraordinarily cruel and graphic Aschenputtel.) We expect fairy tales to be somewhat nonsensical moral lessons. Gail Carson Levine writes versions of fairy tales in which the weird stuff that happens makes sense. Connelly, Irene. A reading guide to Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. New York: Scholastic Reference, 2004. Print.

It follows Jaigirdar’s first two novels, The Henna Wars – which was included in TIME’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time – and Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating, both featuring heartwarming love stories between young queer Muslim women. Until now, people like Jaigirdar had “never been given the narrative of happiness,” she says. The only inaccuracy there is that one would not choose the words "an extremely pretty girl, with gentleness, modesty, taste, and feeling" describe a ball of fire like Ella .I absolutely loved the story. It's a great way of showing how the only one who can save you is you, and you have to find the strength within to do it. Sometimes it takes someone else to bring that strength out of you and that's what Char does for Ella unknowingly. Ella Enchanted is the story of protagonist Eleanor (Ella) from Frell who, at birth, is given a “gift” in the form of a magic spell by an amusingly misguided fairy named Lucinda. The spell dictates that Ella obeys every direct command she is given, and that she must also keep this condition a secret. We don’t have to spend three months as a squirrel to understand that being a woodland creature wouldn’t be entirely fun. Empathy isn’t just “How would I feel if I were in their situation?” but also “How would I feel if I were themin this situation?” In my friend’s shoes, I would’ve been happy to receive surprise gifts, even from internet strangers. But she is not me, and I am not her. A person can’t truly know what it’s like to be someone else unless they’ve tried to bethem, which goes beyond walking a stretch in their seven-league boots. Ella Enchanted is not devoid of positive male figures. The man for whom Ella pines is Prince Charmont. He is different from his folkloric male counterparts in that he is remarkably sensitive and non-patronizing. A great example of this is when Ella first meets him by the willow tree, as he has also...

After Sir Peter weds Hattie and Olive’s mother, Dame Olga, Ella is subjugated into servitude. This mimics the structure of Cinderella, the main character is abused and alone. It is important to note here though, that Hattie and Olive—apart from each other—are also abused and alone. They are abused by the harsh criticisms of the reader, and boxed away in their own villainy. Ella’s remaining weakness at the end, when she denies Hattie and Olive forgiveness, is that she is punishing them with the same isolation that she has struggled to overcome. This screams patriarchy; it is the subtle statement that women are so weak that they can neither handle themselves, nor each other. As such, they are doomed to solitude unless they are beautiful enough to be rescued by a man. Female collaboration Lots of adventure and action. This book is looking for someone - people - to share an adventure with. We join Ella as she embarks on a quest, to find a way to get rid of her curse. Take it from me, it was a wonderful experience. Excerpted from a scholarly article I wrote about Ella Enchanted as a book and movie. You can read the full article here: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/resear... Sex. Logan Mitchell loves it, and ever since he realized his raw sexual appeal at a young age, he has had no problem using it to his advantage. Men and women alike fall into his bed--after all, Logan is not one to discriminate. He lives by one motto--if something interests you, why not just take a chance and try? What strategies do the islanders use to protest, oppose, and finally overthrow the tyranny of the High Council? How do these strategies create suspense in the novel?Charming, intellectually engaging, and filled with fascinating wordplay, Ella Minnow Pea is a cautionary tale about authoritarianism, about the dangers of reading signs and symbols where there are none–and about the irrepressible human urge to speak freely. Questions and Topics for Discussion

Ella Enchanted is a popular re-telling of the Cinderella story by updating it for the modern age. Levine's story explores the concept of female independence through the alienation that underlies the convention of romantic folklore. This sample essay by one of our diverse and talented writersexamines Ella Enchanted as a modernized fairy tale where gender roles are revised and updated, portraying both sexes in a more appealing light. Ella Enchanted: Female Independence in Literature As is generally the case, the most beautiful (and therefore most virtuous) female in the household falls victim to the forces of the “evil women’s group” (Mendelson 115). Still, even this example of negative female collaboration is marked by the positive presence of a father figure. Male depiction Prince CharmontRun outside, grab that gasoline you save for when your lawnmower is low, throw it on your TV and light a match. It is absolutely insulting to this little gem. These titles include Lily Lindon’s recently published Double Booked, about a 26-year-old woman who realises that she is bisexual, and two queer coming-of-age novels: Cynthia So’s young adult novel If You Still Recognise Me and Henry Fry’s First Time for Everything. It’s a boom reflected in film and TV, too, notably with the release of Netflix’s Heartstopper, based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel of the same name. It's even the little things. Like Mandy. She is suppose to be a ruffed-up old lady with crazy white hair and basically Ella's mother. Does this girl look like that?