Shrek Break Up Analysis

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As a little girl growing up, there is that dream to be a princess and have a life of a fairytale. Although, fairy tales teach these young girls that they need a man, or should depend on a man. In the story Shrek, Fiona is locked away in a castle far away on a mountain guarded by a dragon and lava. She is stuck there until a “prince” comes to save her. However, Fiona expected to have a knight come and save her, but instead it was Shrek, a green ogre who lives in a swamp. Fiona and Shrek fall in love. The moral of this story is that Fiona spent half of her life waiting for a man to come and save her and when one did it was not what she expected him to be like. She had hoped for a nice looking knight and got a green ogre. When Fiona meets the prince that she was planned to marry she thought that she was going to like him more than Shrek, but it turned out she loved Shrek and thought the prince was miserable.This story tells us two things. One, that girls should depend on men to save them and two, that who you think is right for you may turn out to be the wrong person. I agree with one of these two concepts and that is that …show more content…

The more you are on their social media, texting, or looking at old pictures is going make you think about them more. That is what they want too, they want you to be thinking about them. The less interaction you have with each other, the faster you will get over them. This may seem impossible at first, but everything takes time. Like, a small tree when it is first planted. It is planted to grow for either shade, fruit or even flowers. It takes years for this tree to grow and may seem almost useless at first, but with sun and rain in a couple of years that tree will be grown. Nothing in life is easy and not every situation comes with instructions as growing a tree would. Life is about learning lessons and finding yourself. A break up can teach you how to be a better

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