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lucillemeeps 's review for:
The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
This has always been one of my favourite children's stories. In this, the roles are reversed and it is the princess on a quest to save the prince, who has been captured by a dragon. The princess in this story starts as the typical princess- she moons over the handsome prince and is somewhat a silly girl. When the dragon comes and destroys her castly, it also kidnaps the prince. In the fire, all of the princess' clothes are burned. She begins to evolve into a new person. Her appearance is greatly humbled; she is forced to wear a paper bag. Her love for the prince means that she doesn't even care about herself. She selflessly chases after him.
When she gets to where the dragon is hiding the prince, she shows her intelligence and wit and manages to defeat the dragon without any physical excertion to herself. She is a clever, independent woman. At that point, she is still under love's spell and is devoted to the prince. When he sees her, however, the ungrateful prince tells her that she is gross and dirty and that he doesn't want her if she doesn't look like a proper princess. Here comes the most wonderful part of the story... She dumps his ass and walks away because she can be more happy on her own than with a jerk of a prince.
I honestly think that all parents should read this to their daughters every week until the message sinks in. It is such a great thing to counteract the damsel in distress image that is portrayed in so many other stories. I could go on some more about feminism, but I will just leave with this: I love this story, I will always love this story, and all future children of mine will love this story because I will read it to them all the time :)
When she gets to where the dragon is hiding the prince, she shows her intelligence and wit and manages to defeat the dragon without any physical excertion to herself. She is a clever, independent woman. At that point, she is still under love's spell and is devoted to the prince. When he sees her, however, the ungrateful prince tells her that she is gross and dirty and that he doesn't want her if she doesn't look like a proper princess. Here comes the most wonderful part of the story... She dumps his ass and walks away because she can be more happy on her own than with a jerk of a prince.
I honestly think that all parents should read this to their daughters every week until the message sinks in. It is such a great thing to counteract the damsel in distress image that is portrayed in so many other stories. I could go on some more about feminism, but I will just leave with this: I love this story, I will always love this story, and all future children of mine will love this story because I will read it to them all the time :)