Counter Narrative Text

In my counter narrative text, I am telling the story of "Cinderella" from the stepsister's point of view. I follow more of the original story where Cinderella's father is absent and is not there all of the time. I also changed it to the stepsisters being little girls, while Cinderella is a teenager. The story is a scrapbook, where the sister, Lucy, tries to remind Cinderella about how good it is to be a part of a family and all the memories that the family share. I took the blended family side of Cinderella and turned it on its head.

In making the focus of Cinderella about the blended family, the sisters do not seem mean nor does the step mother. It seems more like the family is trying to learn how to become one family instead of two. Also, in making the step sisters younger and Cinderella older, Cinderella is seen as a little bit self absorbed and not as caring as she is portrayed in the original story. These slight differences make a big difference overall to the story. Cinderella is not a fairy tale princess and the step mother is not so evil.