Differences And Similarities Between 'Cinder' And The Movie Cinderella

After reading the book ‘Cinder’ and watching the movie Cinderella I will be able to compare and contrast both stories throughout this essay. Cinder takes place in the future with cyborgs and hover cars, while Cinderella takes place in the past with carriages, kingdoms, and various farm animals. Although Cinder and Cinderella have many similarities like, evil stepmothers and the magic they have more differences.

There are various differences when comparing Cinder and Cinderella mainly with the setting and plot they both take place in. To begin with, Cinder is a story that takes place in the future with high-tech and lunars that have magic. The character ,Cinder, is a cyborg that lives with her awful stepmother, Adri, and stepsister, Pearl, but Cinder’s other stepsister, Peony, is her only human friend that treats her fairly. Cinder runs a mechanic booth and works hard all day

fixing and repairing then all the money that she makes goes straight to Adri so that she can have ball gowns made for Pearl and Peony. Also, the timeline and certain objects in the book show that this story is in the future. In ‘Cinder’ whenever there is a time or date said it ends with ‘T.E.’ which is different to the others which are, ‘A.D.’ and ‘B.C.’. Hover cars are mentioned pretty much throughout the story, but when Cinder goes to the junkyard with her android friend, Iko, and Peony to get a magbelt for Adri, Cinder comes across and old orange gasoline car that is run down and hasn’t been used in years. Lastly, there is another kind called Lunars and they have great power, especially their Queen, Levana. Lunars have the power to make someone do something that they don’t want to do, think something they don’t want to think, and see things that they don’t want to see. All in all, these are only the differences for Cinder but more differences can be found in Cinderella.
You will be able to find a lot of of differences in the story Cinderella when comparing both Cinder and Cinderella.

For instance, the story, Cinderella, takes place in the medieval times unlike Cinder. The medieval period is a where there are various kingdoms, no technology, carriages, and almost everything depends on animals. Cinderella is human girl and both her mother and father have died from illness, then was left in the hands of her evil stepmother and her two rotten step sisters. Moreover, Cinderella has always been treated unfairly. She slaves away doing all of the chores in the house and can barely go outside to do anything fun. Cinderella doesn’t have any other human friends she only has animal friends. Lastly, the only magic in the story is when Cinderella’s fairy godmother appears. The fairy godmother's appearance magic is only temporary, but in the story Cinder, Queen Levana and other Lunars’ magic can last as long as they want it to. In conclusion, there is a quite large amount of differences when comparing Cinder and Cinderella, but their similarities stand out the

most.
Being finished by pointing out the differences in these two stories, it’s time to seek out the similarities. For starters, both Cinder and Cinderella have been treated terribly. Both of them work hard at doing every chore and fixing whatever needs to be fixed because of their cruel stepmothers and have at least one devilish stepsister. Also, there is a ball that takes place at the palace in both stories. Cinder and Cinderella get a second chance to see the prince and go to the ball when their stepmothers have forbid them to go. Finally, both stories contain some type of magic. The fairy godmother, Queen Levana, and the rest of the Lunars are the only ones that have a magical connection between stories.
To sum this all up, Cinder has a more futuristic and a little bit connected to reality with serious problems/events. Cinderella on the other hand is a medieval fairy tale that is filled with magic and a happy ending. But both stories, share a type of magic, have horrible stepmothers and at least one snobby stepsister, and both were able to go to the ball.