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Over decades Disney movies and stories have made little girls believe in a “Happily Ever After”. A “Happily Ever After” that may be true for some but not for others. I have heard way too many times from little girls about their favorite princesses, how they will find their prince charming, and how they will live together forever. When you watch the movies as a child you do not realize all the things that are wrong until you are older and see things differently. The eyes of a child are innocent and believe that everything they see is all good, but in reality it is not. The Disney princesses are not that great of an influence on kids and can cause children to see things differently in the world if mot corrected on what is right or wrong. As I re-read these fairytales I thought about the message that I would have wanted to receive, rather than the sad reality. One would want the message to be positive and realistic. A young girl does not need to be told that the perfect prince charming is going to sweep her off her feet or that she will have a happy ending. …show more content…

Growing up, the message I got out of this story was love is not what is on the outside, but what is in the inside. Now after reading the story again, the message was that no matter if the prince is heartless and careless he will always end up being the good guy. All you have to do is stay locked up like he wants you too and you will eventually have your happy ending. If the moral of the story was to fall in love no matter what the person looked like, then the prince should have stayed as the beast. This is not teaching young girls to stand up for themselves and be who they want to be, but teaching them to do what someone else wants them to do. But do not worry because in the end you will have your happy

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