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This version of Cinderella was interesting. I liked how the author kept the same plot of the original Cinderella but added some bloodshed to emphasize that not all fairy tales are made for kids. It's ironic that Cinderella, who is protrayed as being selfless and innocent, receives help from birds with evil agendas. While I was reading the section about the birds poking the eyes out of the sisters, I thought about the Disney cartoon version of Cinderella and how the birds are portrayed. In the movie, the blue birds fly graciously through Cinderella's window and help her do her chores. The image that I have of them in this story has now been tainted and resembles the birds from Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds.

I wonder what Cinderella was thinking while the birds were doing Cinderella's dirty work? Was she aware of them poking out her step sisters' eyes or was she oblivious to her surroundings and engulfed in her dream of marrying the prince becomming reality.

I also find it interesting that the author decided to end the story with the notion of "an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth" as oppose to "and they all lived happily ever after."