"Cindy Ellie a Modern Faire Tale" by Carter Smith, is a story about a young girl who is mistreated by her step family but at the end gets her dream come true.
What I liked about reading Cindy Ellie, was the happy ending with her prince charming. In a fairy tale, there is always a happy ending no matter how difficult a situation gets. I enjoyed reading another version especially because this once was African American and it had humor. I think Carter Smith wrote this Cinderella modern version to make us understand the story and know the difference in every culture.
After reading An Anthology of African American Storytelling, I have become familiar with the different way the author’s write. Sumptuous is a word that means: splendid and expensive looking. Debutants means: a person making a first appearance in a fashionable society. These are two new vocabulary words that I have learned through out the story.
What I still don’t understand is why Cindy Ellie’s father does not speak up about her daughter being mistreated. The character that the father portrays has no emotion towards her daughter and it is almost unbearable to read. The external conflict that Ellie encountered was between her stepmother and stepsisters. Ellie was a nice caring girl and they decided to take advantage of her. One other thing that still lingers in my mind was when Godma decides to make a car out of an onion and butlers out of mice.
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