Blog 13

The ending has some ironical meaning to me and I do feel not sorry for the main character , Ti Moune, but pity for her decision in leaving her family. The reason why I feel ironical is when Ti Moune is thrown out of the gate by Lucifus and tries to let Daniel see her on the other side of the gate with the crowd, Daniel's eyes indeed fall on Desiree but, just like what his father did before back in that village, he "gazed  at her and not seen her". With all these love and effort that Ti Moune has put in Daniel, Daniel just simply cannot recognize her in a crowd. The reaction of Daniel to her must be absurd to the peasant girl. From the reaction of Daniel, I feel like without all these beautiful clothes and shoes, Desiree is mundane among those poor peasants. It is sarcastic when Desiree deeply hopes for a rich life, yet the death is finally what she gains. Besides, Desiree might misunderstands the kind of “love” that the young man has for her for her. The young man is grateful for what she has done for him and even though marrying Andrea is destined, Daniel still says to the girl that “Ti Moune, stay. I love you”. Daniel may simply love her because he views her as her younger sister and  it can be Desiree to be the one who over-think everything. The entrenched hierarchy with distinct identity in the society cannot be changed. The peasant girl becomes some kind of example, showing no matter how she has tried to become someone new, she will back to her original status eventually. The ending shows the story of Cinderella  won't happen in "real life" and it is rather to be satisfied to the present than pursuing something that is not belonged to you. Desiree does understand this idea finally as she talking about what is the point to leave nice Mama and Tonton to here, the hotel. She realizes she should not go away from the village with such an anxiety and “lost her beloved Tonton Julian” and “Mama Euralie”. People always truly value something when they lose them and the story of the girl suggests that people should indeed cherish what they have at the present. Ti Moune in the end also regrets the time she lost that red comb due to her immersion in happiness and neglect of the past. “ In the days of her elegance she had thought little of her magic comb” and lost the comb without notice.