The princess paradox critique
In James Poniewozik's the “The Princess Paradox”, he presents an article on modern fairy tales providing strong feminist themes backed with evidence from recent films depicting these tails. While his point that women should be princess like, strong, as well as independent is clearly stated, his erratic sequence of evidence and casual tone takes away from his overall credibility. With unorganized evidence and a hard to read tone it is difficult to take the article seriously. In the author's article he presents the idea that girls should follow a more independent manner rather than the stereotype of princess who needs saving in modern films. With evidence from movies like Ella Enchanted where the princess is escaping the binds of having to marry her prince, rather than wait to be saved by her prince it is clear the author supports more feminist themes for modern fairytales. Poniewozik's article contains a legitimate claim along with the substance to prove it. While it is disorganized, the articles idea of strong femininity along with grace are present. Clear statements such as “You can have the girly dream of glass slippers and true love,” (Poniewozik, 324) make the purpose of the article very clear. The clear statements such as “she should be pretty in a class president way” (325) provide the reader with the idea that women should aspire to be beautiful and princess like, but in an independent fashion. Again, the author backs his point of being an independent woman, “The title character spends her freetime protesting the discriminatory anti elf and giant policies of the family of Prince Charmont,” but providing no feedback from a female standpoint. The author never mentions the degrading nature of the stereotypical princess theme leaving the reader with and unanswered question. Along with his unanswered question, the author fails to present his evidence in any sort of an organized manner. The erratic nature of his evidence is easily jumbled and confused. The