Comparative Analysis ( Cinderella and A Pinch of Salt)

The story Cinderella and Pinch of Salt are common to every one of us. The story both brings a value that gives the reader the realization of a particular thing in the real world. The stories serve as the catalyst of change of the misdeeds that we are taking through in the real life situation. These stories has been very primitive in today’s time yet very eye catching to read because of its very substantial content that brings joy, information and entertainment to every reader.

These stories are both folklore but don’t contain both the functions of dramatis personae. Having a comparative analysis of these two stories will be very hard yet we can now identify which function is present in the stories and which are not.

First, the story Cinderella and A pinch of salt have an absent members of the family, in the Cinderella, the absent is the parents of Cinderella which causes the suffering of her in the hands of her step-mother and step-sisters, while in the story A Pinch of Salt, the absent is the Queen, the only mentioned in the story is only the King and the three daughters. In Cinderella, she has been forbidden by many things, she has been oppressed and her rights were deprived. Even her authority in the house has been taken away by her step-mother and sisters. In the story A pinch of salt, Maria, the hero in the story was forbidden to live in the palace when she answered the question of her father “ What is the most delicious thing that you have tasted on earth?” she answered “SALT” that made her father angry and decided to take her away from the palace. With that act, in the pinch of salt story, the hero was dispatched while in the Cinderella the hero was commanded by lots of works by the villain. Yet, in Cinderella, she never leaves home because she has no choice, while in the pinch of salt she has to leave the palace because she was commanded to. Cinderella is very lucky to have the fairy, because she was being tested by her step-mother and sisters wherein she is not allowed to go to the ball because she is not worthy, but with the help of the magical fairy she was able to go there, she was dressed elegantly, and ride in a couch as a symbol of being a princess. While in the pinch of salt, there is no magical there but then Maria did something that will prove that her family is mistaken about what they did to her during eating the meal and exiling her because of the thought that she answered the question insolently. She did everything to make them realize that she is not mistaken, that what she said is true and realistic. While in Cinderella, she tried to wear the shoes that was left in the ball, with the help of the fairy, she was able to pursued that she is the real one and she is not a servant, the fairy changes here appearance. It was the difficult task given to the heroes we are talking to. However, the task given to them was resolved because of the some help of the characters, the villain was exposed and in Cinderella, she was given a new appearance that will look her like a princes and not a servant. The villains were not punished, yet in Cinderella she was able to marry the prince and was able to ascend the throne because of the influence of her husband, while in the Pinch of Salt Maria lived happily ever after together with her parents and sisters.