I can't wait until Thanksgiving vacation. No school and work and get to be with your family and friends. Than I can have time to relax. Couple weeks later its Christmas break, I love this time of year. I felt that this semester went by fast!

Book Cover

My opinion on the artwork and book cover was that it shows what everyone thinks of when they think of a Cinderalla story. Like the pumpkin carriage. The mice dressed in human clothes. The mice kind of look a little evil. It does show people looking out of the carriage. I feel that the artwork on the cover of this book is somewhat appropriate because it shows what the story is about. The artwork makes you think what is to come in the story. When you open the cover, the artwork really shows what is going on in the story. It shows the girl with tulips painting in the background. It is also on fire so it makes you think what is going to happpen. Also it shows Clara smiling with her gold dress and one white slipper on with no black veil. She is also with the prince. I feel that this artwork is good for this book because it shows the original things of Cinderalla on the cover. When you open the cover it shows you what is happening in this paticular story. It makes you wonder what is going to happen next by what is going on in the picture.

What do think about the character of Henrika?

I think that she is very protective of her daughter Clara. She doesn't let her out of the house. I think because she doesn't want her to get lost and have someone take her. Also for her not to see what is beyond the walls of their home and what real life is like. She seems to run the household and kind of tell her husband what to do. She has a lot of money so she kind of does what she wants to do. She gets what she wants and doesn't really have to do or worry about anything. She even has someone who takes care of the house. I don't think Henrika's very sympathetic. The reason why is she doesn't show much feelings towards others. She got pregnant and then got ill. Her and her baby died later on. I don't think that she deserved to die in my mind. She really didn't do anything wrong to be treated like that. She was a very good protective mother to Clara but I think she could of let her do more things. She kind of hurt Clara in the long run. The reason why is she doesn't really want to do things or talk to people now because Henrika was so protective. When Henrika was alive, the household seemed to run a little more smoothly. Clara really took her mother's death hard.

My thoughts on the first writing assignment.

I feel that this writing assignment helps me become a better writer by giving me practice. I have a lot of knowledge about this topic so it should be pretty easy. I feel the steps we are doing in class is helping me write a overall better paper. For an example, when we have our peers look over our papers for mistakes. It helps a lot.

I feel that I used about the same writing process as I used on my last paper. The first thing I do before I write a paper is write down a list of topics I could write a lot about. Then I pick the best topic and make a web to get information on that topic. Than I start writing down my rough copy. I than look over the paper myself and then have one or two other people check over my paper. The final thing I do is type the final draft on the computer.

Do you believe that Iris is a sympathetic character, or simply a pathetic one? Why? Is Iris your vision of what an ugly stepsister should be? Explain why or why not?

I belive that Iris is both a sympathetic character and a pathetic one at times. The reason why she can be sympathetic is that she is caring to Clara even though she can be a pain some times. Also she listens to her mean mother and does stuff she doesn't want to. Like taking care of her sister Ruth. The reason why she does it is she knows that her family could be kicked out into the street. So she isn't really selfish. Sometimes she can be pathetic because she tells Clara stories to get her to do stuff and tell her information.


Iris is not in my vision what an ugly stepsister should be. The reason is compared to the real Cinderalla story the ugly stepsister was very mean and cruel to the nice beautiful stepsister. In this story, Iris even though she isn't that pretty looking she stills acts kind to Clara who is supposed to be the Cinderalla figure in the story. Iris helps Clara in many ways. One is when she helps her learn English and be around other people and kids her age. She also gets her to get out of the house when she was only out once years ago. Iris also helps comfort her when her mother dies. Clara starts to trust and feel comfortable around Iris. So if she was a real ugly stepsister she would of tried to make Clara's life miserable. Iris also does alot of chores and errands when her mother marrgrath tells her. For example when she helps prepare meals for the certain gatherings they have. The other thing she does that she don't like much is watching her sister Ruth. That is why I feel that Iris doesn't really fit the ugly stepsister figure in this story.

What do you expect from a cinderalla story?


When I think of a Cinderalla story, I think of very mean sisters and a mean stepmother who lives with a very nice and beautiful sister. The mean and ugly sisters put the nice sister down and make her do all their work. So she can't do fun stuff, like go to balls. The mother treats the bad sister nicely and buys them nice dresses and treats Cinderalla badly. I expect magical things to happen like pumpkins turning into a carriage and mice to turn into horses. Also a beautiful dress that magically appears and will dissappear at 12:00 midnight. Don't forget the clear beautiful glass slippers. The prince will marry the girl who fit the lost glass slipper. The handsome prince that took the nice sister to the ball will end up marrying her. In the end they live happily ever after.