Fiction Book Report

Submitted by:
Mark Joshua Mascariña
11 - Italian

Submitted to:
Sir Oliver
Title: Cinderella
Author: Charles Perrault

Plot:
There once was a widower who remarried. His second wife was ill-natured,
and she had two daughters who were just as unpleasant as their mother.
The man had a beautiful, gentle daughter of his own, and she was soon to
become the servant of her evil step-mother and step-sisters. They made
her do all the chores around the house, and she was named Cinderella,
after the cinders she swept out of the fireplace.
The King needed to find a queen for his prince, so he threw a huge ball.
The evil step-mother and step-sisters were invited, but Cinderella was not
allowed to go. After they left, Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared and
changed her dirty rags into a beautiful gown with glass slippers. Next the
fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a coach and some mice into
footmen. Before Cinderella left, the fairy godmother warned her to be home
before midnight, because the spell would only last till then.
Cinderella was a hit at the ball. The prince fell in love with her and asked
her name. Just then the clock struck midnight, and Cinderella ran away.
She was in such a hurry, she lost one of her glass slippers. It was the only
clue the prince had to find his true love. He went to every home in the
kingdom and had every single young girl try on the slipper to see if it fit.
The evil step-sisters couldn’t fit the slipper, but Cinderella did. The prince
married her and they all lived happily ever after

Main Character: Cinderella

Minor Characters: The stepsisters, the fairy godmother and the prince.
Protagonist: Cinderella
Antagonist: the step mother
Character Trait of the Main Character
Kind – “The stepsisters begged Cinderella to forgive them which, of course,
she did.”
Hard worker – “She had to scrub the floors, cook, and sew from morning to
night.”

Setting:
A. The story takes place in Cinderella’s father’s house. She lives there with
her stepmother and stepsisters. It also takes place in the Prince’s castle.
B. This story takes place long, long ago in a land ruled by a king and a
queen.

Themes:
The themes of “Cinderella” are implied. The reader can infer one or more
themes from it. One theme is that you should make the best of any
situation and things will work out in the end. Another might be, good
triumphs over evil.

Conflict/ Problem:
The stepsisters are very mean to Cinderella and make her do all the work
and chores around the house. When the Prince has a ball at his castle, the
stepsisters are invited but Cinderella is not.

Solution:
Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother appears and helps Cinderella go to the ball.
She makes Cinderella look beautiful. At the ball, Cinderella and the Prince
fall in love but Cinderella has to leave the ball early. She leaves her shoe, a
glass slipper, behind. The Prince searches the country for Cinderella by
having all the ladies try on the slipper to see if it fits. Finally, the Prince
arrives at Cinderella’s house. Cinderella tries on the slipper and it fits! The
Prince and Cinderella soon were married.

Opinion: I loved this book! I like the way that Cinderella started out sad
and mistreated but then ended with her happy and safe. Cinderella was
lucky to have a Fairy Godmother make her such a beautiful dress and help
her to go to the ball. She was really nice to forgive her mean stepsisters.