In The Cinderella Complex, Colleen Dowling gives a personal account and description of her life. The most influencial part of her work was her last line, which was stated after being married: "There was nothing compelling me to rise". Her wonderful account is now converted into a pathetic story of a woman stripped of her independence. As a reader it is my responsibility to wonder why, and, while she lived a life within the fairytale sphere, it is evident this lifestyle was not true to herself. Fulfilling conventional beliefs about how a woman should act has left her lifeless and without motivation. She had found her husband, a comfy home, and a dutyful lifestyle; but a what cost? With all that she has found, she has lost her sense of self and personal ambition. I feel that ambition is essential for the drive of life and the difference that every person should strive to make, and her dependence on a man has weakened that passion and essence.
Are women trained to be like that today? I don't believe so, for the female-male relationship is very different today than what is was when our parents were growing up. The rate of feminists that exist today is astounding, showing the fall from these conventional beliefs.
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