Compare and contrast Harry Potter and Cinderella’s reactions to being treated as outsiders by their families.

Cinderella in the fairy-tale “Cinderella” by the Brothers Grimm and Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are both put through a series of tests to prove their righteous character. While Cinderella is being judged and rewarded based on good behaviour by a supernatural element within the birds that follow her, Harry must navigate right from wrong on his own. Both characters undergo a series of tests and prove that their intentions are pure. Cinderella remains pious as her mother asks of her and is rewarded with marriage to a prince. Harry finds himself having to decide his own path in life between good and bad. After choosing his friends and Hogwarts house carefully, Harry then goes through a series of physical tests that actually work to assess his character. These tests prove Harry’s heroic and loyal character. Cinderella and Harry Potter demonstrate their positive characteristics through passing a series of tests and are, in the end, rewarded for their behaviour, influencing young readers to act as such.

1.  go out into nature and commune with the divine2.  experience real solitude to truly perceive nature3.  realize that individuals are meant to learn from nature and transcend it4.  think of nature as a symbol of the divine