Cinderella Compare and Contrast

Cinderella By: Marcia Brown	The Way Meat Loves Salt By: Nina Jaffe
Characters: ·         Cinderella ·         Step-mother ·         Two step-sisters ·         Fairy Godmother ·         Prince	Characters: ·         Mireleh ·         Two Sisters ·         Rabbi (Mireleh’s Father) ·         Prophet Elijah ·         Faraway Rabbi ·         Faraway Rabbi’s handsome son
Setting: ·         France	Setting: ·         Poland
Theme: ·         Good things happen to those who are kind. ·         True love exists ·         Happily ever after	Theme: ·         It is the little things that make the difference and truly show love. Like how meat needs salt. ·         Power of love is strong and something that without it, life can be no good or bland. ·         Good things happen to those who are kind. ·         Happily ever after
Cultural Difference: ·         Girl falls in love with Prince and becomes Princess ·         Raised by single step-mother	Cultural Difference: ·         Jewish related ·         Does not have actual Princess ·         Raised by mother and father, until banishment
Actions: ·         Girl lives with evil step mother and sisters ·         Meets fairy godmother ·         Magically goes to ball for evening ·         Dances and falls in love with Prince ·         Loses glass slipper ·         Prince searches whole town for who slipper belongs to ·         Finds Cinderella and the slipper fits ·         Two get married ·         Lives happily ever after	Actions: ·         Girl starts with out with father ·         Banished by her father ·         Given a magical stick ·         Dances and falls love in handsome man ·         Loses glass slipper ·         Man searches whole town for who slipper belongs to ·         Finds Mireleh and the slipper fits ·         Two get married ·         Girl later reconnects with father ·         Lives happily ever after