Transformations: 21. "Cinderella" and "Red Riding Hood" both begin with a list of seemingly in congruous descriptions of ‘reality.' Why does Sexton choose to use these parallel examples?
The Cinderella story is about a girl who goes from rags to riches. Sexton is trying to show rags to riches in the beginning of the poem. People are always interested in stories that show people coming up from the depths of poverty to being very wealthy. Those stories are always the most interesting. "The plumber with twelve children who wins the Irish Sweepstakes. From toilets to riches. That story." You almost never hear of stories like this in the world. Sexton wanted to emphasis that. Cinderella is a maid for three evil ladies, she ends up meeting a prince and getting married and living happily ever after. This does not happen to normal people, only people who have a lot of luck.
In "Red Riding Hood," Sexton is trying to show deceit in the fairy tale. The wolf is trying to......

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