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The Reality of "Rags-to-Riches"

In the very popular fairytale, Cinderella, there is a common theme of rags to riches that occurs. Cinderella, the main character, is known to be a dirty housemaid that is abused by her stepmother and stepsisters. But something magical occurs that seems miracle like and Cinderella is transformed into a beautiful young woman so that she can go to the prince’s ball. At the prince’s ball, the prince falls in love with the princess due to her beautiful look and gracious behavior and personality. And therefore, is given true riches and happiness for the rest of her life and lives happily ever after. But how much of this is truly realistic in the real world. Can someone really go from rags to riches?
It is a common wish in today’s society to want to marry someone that is rich. It almost seems like a true fairytale to fall in love with someone with riches and marry them to therefore inherit some of their wealthiness. In some cases, people do marry rich and are happy and are able to gain riches through that. However, in most cases this marriage is not built on love, it is built on the desires to have these riches. Which, therefore, ends up falling apart very quickly. In addition, it is easier in today’s society to meet a rich person if you’re already rich because you are a part of the same class and therefore would have the same duties
and activities of everyday life. It would be very difficult for a poorer person to meet a rich person and actually be noticed. Obviously, magic is not real in this world, but I do feel that miracles can occur, like winning the lottery or getting a job offer at a very high paying job. It is not impossible to go from rags to riches, but I do think you would need a great miracle to do so.


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