It is interesting to think that someone like Colette Dowling who was ambitious enough to write books like the Cinderella Complex would take a one eighty in her lifestyle, to go from being self-sufficient to depending upon a man. She got remarried again, and expected to get taken care of. This makes me think that, once a human gains a state of comfort, they lose their drive to become successful and become complacent.
Now turning to the introduction to Weight written by Jeanette Winterson. Art does help counteract ideology when one retells fairy tales. Winterson writes that humans have a gigantic appetite for the "real" yet they turn to reality T.V. However, the only way one will experience reality is to live one's own life instead of watching others live theirs. The Introduction to Weight asks us to face "isolation, loneliness, responsibility, and burden" with Atlas by reading her revised story as a way of preparing us to do so on our own.
Angela Carter's Ashputtle is also an interesting story because the mother sacrifices a great deal for her daughter. She gives milk and as a bird she gives blood. She sacrifices everything for her daughter. As a result, the daughter does not have to overcome obstacles and becomes passive.
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