Aschenputtel

//Aschenputtel//



[|Aschenputtel] is a story about a young girl that lives with her mother and father. One day her mother fell sick and died. Poor Aschenputtel was left with her father and step-mother. Her step-mother had 2 daughters who treated her like a slave. They gave her all of the hard chores and a lot more than anyone else in the house. Aschenputtel goes outside of the house everyday and cries to her mother’s grave.  When her father goes out to buy things he gets dresses and jewelry for his daughters but Aschenputtel only wants a branch of a hazel tree to plant at her mother’s grave. Aschenputtel goes to a wedding hosted by the prince with a beautiful gown she gets from the magic birds and hazle tree. The prince falls in love with her but she has to leave. On her way out she looses one of her slippers. The prince finds her and they get married and live Happily Ever After. The stepmother and stepsisters are blinded for the rest of their lives. This story is great and teaches to never give up if you want something good in your life. Aschenputtel was written by the brothers Grimm,and it was originated in Germany.

Germany  is often known as das Land der Dichter und Denker (the land of poets and thinkers). German culture began long before the rise of Germany as a nation-state and spanned the entire German speaking world. The Brothers Grimm are German and they write a lot of folk tales, fairy tales, and romantics. In the story of Aschenputtel, the daughter works really hard with all of the chores and gets nothing in return.  She doesn’t get a lot to eat. The family has large dinners but she is left out . In Germany they have large dinners of large pork, steaks, and many meats. They listen to music from classical composers like Bach and Beethoven. They enjoy fine arts from painters like Albrecht Altdorfer, LucaCranach the Elder, Matthias Grünewald Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer.  There are a lot of different religions. Some examples are Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Muslim.  The population of Germany is 82,431,390. The capital is Berlin. The most popular sport is Soccer. Some German songs are Bratwurst, Die Farben, and Die Tier, all written and sang by: Barbra MacArthur. Carnival is an ancient tradition celebrated all over Germany. Lots of fairs and festivals are celebrated throughout Germany during the summer season. Germany's biggest and best-known festival is the "Oktoberfest". More than six million people visit the Munich place. Wine festivals are held in many of Germany's wine-growing regions between May and November. 