Fairest gail carson levine pdf

Continue Gail Carson Levin's Fairest Just as Gail Carson Levine award-winning Ella Enchanted tackle the Cinderella story, giving the story depth and meaning while simultaneously treating the reader to one of the best heroines and most realistic novels in all young adult literature, Fairest pretends to retell the Tale of Snow White with multiple twists. Aza was left in infancy at the Featherbed Inn and adopted by the hotel owner and his wife. Although Aza is loved by her family, she is ashamed of her weight and perceived ugliness, especially since the kingdom of Ayorta is one that prizes beauty and song above all other virtues. With many guests, Aza enjoys the solitude and sometimes the company of dwarves, who sometimes stay in the hotel, including those who prophesi that in the future they will meet again underground at a time when Aza will be in serious danger. A change in the routine of Aza's life occurs when a noblewoman, in need of a maid lady, convinces her to take part in the marriage of King Oscaro and his young commoner Wife Ivy. Through a sequence of events, Aza finds herself in a way over her head when she is made a lady in anticipation of the new queen Evie, who wants to use her talent to throw her voice (what Aza calls illusory) in order to make it look as if she herself is a gifted singer. Below is a rather loose retelling of Snow White, with a few good ideas for adapting the tale in the form of Aza's personal story, including a more sympathetic evil queen, a unique interpretation of the magic mirror, gnomes instead of seven dwarfs, and even a funny twist on a poisoned apple (it turns out Aza doesn't like apples all that much). When Aza's loud deception is revealed, she must clear her name, ensure the security of the kingdom and be reunited with her love, Prince Ijori. Fairest is clearly designed to provide commentary on our obsessive society's appearance, but unfortunately this issue is not dealt with particularly well. Levin spends more time on how Aza just wants to be beautiful rather than the pain of offensive comments that are directed at her and the psychological impact of such things on the young mind. There is a difference between self-awareness about her appearance and over-worrying about her appearance (usually described as vanity.) Aza falls into this category, since she constantly looks into the mirrors to check her reflection, worrying about her clothes, and has formed a habit of putting her hand on her face so that people can't see her. Wouldn't it just draw more attention to yourself? (The morale was also somewhat undermined when she spared a hunter ordered to kill her because he considers her so beautiful, thanks to the magic potion she had taken earlier. Beauty really is important. Without him, she would have been dead.) The value that is given in Ayort also creates problems further in history. We should be concerned when Ivi takes over the palace and starts interfering with the way things work, but we have never given a reason to take care of Ayorta's well-being. Apparently she is full of people who ostracized Aza just because she didn't fit into social norms, as she said: As bad as those who looked were those who turned away in embarrassment. Some guests didn't want me to serve their food and some didn't want me to clean their rooms. If that's how the Ayorthians treat ugly children, their kingdom can be invaded by the Huns and burned to the ground for anything I care about. It may be unfair to keep Fairest against Ella Enchanted, but in reality, a comparison is inevitable when you consider the differences between the two heroines. Ella burst out of the page with liveliness, good humor and a highlight for adventure, while Aza is considerably more relaxed and less confident. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but Aza turns out to be one of those girls who just doesn't. Cry. She cries when she's happy. She cries when she's sad. She cries when she is ashamed, either scared or nervous. At a crucial moment in history, when she should be (and when her colleague Ella will definitely be) looking back at a weapon or an escape, she just sits and cries a few more. I'm afraid I got fed up with her long before she happily ever after the rolls around (she cried that too?). Fairest is set in the same universe as Ella Charmed, and as such there are a few amusing references to earlier books. Aza is the younger sister of Areida, who was Ella's best friend after high school, and there are references to Elle, her father Sir Peter and Lucinda The Fairy (who is behind most of the troubles in this book too!). But unlike the previous book, which shed light on several fantasy idioms and poked gentle pleasure at the cliche of the fairytale realm, there are a few clumsy or cumbersome plot devices here that come across as unintentionally funny. For example, Ayorta is a singing kingdom, which means that its people sing their declarations of love for each other, come together for community songs and even (as in the case of Aza) sing when they are in mortal danger. Of course, it's all in keeping with their culture, but when you try to present it in your mind, it just seems silly. In another example, king Oscaro hit the head with an iron ring and somehow loses the ability to speak (I guess he had a concussion, but wouldn't it just be easier to say he had a stroke?), and later Aza bites into the infamous apple, gasps from her mouth and... fell into a coma? What can I say? The book is full of clumsy, strange plot tricks like these (for example, Aza tries to squeeze through a window rather than watch The door, Aza grinning at the man who just tried to kill her, and the kiss/declaration of love that abruptly interrupted the couple just walking apart for no apparent reason) that grating to the imagination and making it hard to truly believe in what was going on. Maybe I'm too harsh. Like all of Levin's books, Fairest said in a bright, fresh, highly readable tone and certainly entertaining while it lasts. Despite her crying baby tendencies, Aza's first-person account of her life is sincere and sympathetic, and the world that Levin has created for her characters is just as colorful and charming as it was in Ella. But I know Levin can do better. I adored Ella charmed, and recommend it to anyone who cares to listen to me, but this subsequent book pales in comparison. Aza is too dim for her own good, and the reason I didn't mention much about her affair with Prince Ijari is simply because there's not all that to say. I laughed and cried along with Ella, but all I wanted to do while reading Fairest was hand Aza cloth and tell her to stop her endless moping. The fairest - (2006) Age 9-12. Available from Audible. Publisher: I was born to sing. Most children cry. I sang an aria. Or so I believe. I don't have anyone tell me the truth about it. I was abandoned when I was a month old, left at the Featherbed Inn in the village of Ayortayan Amonta. It was January 12th of Thunder Songs. Fairy Lucinda once again made a terrible gift. This time it's a mysterious magic mirror. The gift is ruining when it falls into the hands of Aza, who never looks in the mirror if she can help him. In the Kingdom of Ayorta, Aza is certainly not the fairest of all. Many rejected it. A lot of people make fun of her. She's holding on to the gun. But in the country of singers, Aza has her own gift, which she came without a fabulous intervention: a voice that can do almost anything, a voice that captivates everyone who hears it. In Ontio Castle, he is approached by the cheerful Prince Igori, and the conceited queen Evie wants to use it for his own purposes. The queen of Evie will do everything to remain the fairest in the country. In this mesmerizing tale filled with humor, adventure, romance and song, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levin invites you to join Aza when she learns how exquisite she really is. SHARE: FOLLOW: If you plan to buy this book, you can support FanLit by clicking on the cover of the book above and buying it (and everything else) on Amazon. It doesn't cost you anything extra, but Amazon pays us a small referral fee. Click any book cover or link. We use this income to keep the site running. It pays for website hosting, postage for prizes, and bookmarks and T-shirts. Thank you! The fairest authorGail LevineGenreFantasyPublisherHarperCollinsPublication LevineGenreFantasyPublisherHarperCollinsPublication Fa 2006Preced byElla Enchanted Fairest - Gail Carson Levine's 2006 novel. It uses some of the plot elements of the classic Snow White and is set in the same world as Ella Enchanted. The Kingdom of Ayort, the staging of history, is the neighboring kingdom of Kirria, where Ella Enchanted was established and the story makes several allusions to a previous work. Synopsis Aza, the adopted daughter of a hotelier in Ayorta, always hated her appearance. Her huge size and her odd colouring - milky white skin, dragon tongue lips, and hair that seem to be a frying pan are black - are largely at odds with the earth's beauty standards and often make her target for looks and rude comments. However, Aza's voice attracts as much attention as her appearance, because Ayorta is the country of the song, and Aza is an amazing singer. In addition to being able to sing, Aza can also imitate people and cast her voice without moving her mouth, which is a form of gluttony, which she calls illustrated. However, Aza is flattered when a frequent visitor to the hotel, a gnome named zhamm, tells Aza that her hair is the most beautiful he has ever seen. Although her hair looks black for people, it is a lovely color htun, dark magenta color, for gnomes. Zhamm anticipates that they will meet again at some point in the future. When Aza's sister, Areida, finishes school, the Duchess of Olixo, an irritable guest at the Featherbed Inn, asks Aza to accompany her to the royal wedding because her companion is ill. The new queen, the beautiful Evie, discovers the unusual musical gift of Aza and manipulates her. Since Evie cannot sing well, she offers to reward Aza with land, wealth and wealth for her family, as well as elevation to the rank of ladies in anticipation in exchange for Aza illusing a wonderful voice of singing for her when she must sing; when Aza tries to refuse, Evie threatens to put her in jail and close her family's hotel. Shortly after Aza reluctantly accepts Ivi's offer, the castle is thrown into disarray when King Oscaro is badly injured during a sporting event with the centaurs because the king rushed in front of Ivi to save her. Aza finds herself at the center of Ivi's power-hungry conspiracy, the love of the king's nephew, Crown Prince Ijori, the suspicions of choirmaster Sir Uellu (a senior official in this country's song), and her own growing desperation to become beautiful, a desire that grows so strong that she tries to spell beauty, but instead the spell turns her into a stone. Despite the fact that she is recovering, she has a marble little finger. The incident does not deter her desire to be beautiful, which leads Aza to drink the potion of beauty created by Skulni, a mysterious, evil creature living in a magic mirror given to Ivi as a wedding gift from the fairy Lucinda. Aza becomes beautiful, but remains shy of himself. When the country seems to be on the verge of rebellion, the deception of Aza and Evie publicly discovered by accident. Aza is branded as a dangerous relative of ogres because of her figure and strong powerful voice and is imprisoned, but she escapes with guard Evi Uju, who later tells her that he was ordered by Ivi to kill her, but could not now when she is beautiful. Uju takes Aza to the caves of the Dwarf to keep her safe, fulfilling the prophecy of zhamm. In exile, Aza is welcomed by the dwarves; It provides food, shelter and a sense of heritage. He is surprised by her appearance and then tells her about how she is now almost no htun left in her hair. He assures her that although she is certainly not part of the ogre, he believes that one of her ancestors was a gnome, explaining her strange appearance and htun hair, as well as the moment that she can see htun if he holds her hand. She learns that gnomes can be abused as well, although they may not imitate different voices. After Aza has spent some time with the dwarves, Evie appears disguised as a gnome and deceives Aza to eat the poisoned apple. Her spirit returns to the enchanted mirror, where she discovers that Evie's actions manipulated Skulni so that he could take time off when Evie is killed since Evie's spirit takes Skulni's place, and her spirit will be trapped in the mirror until Skulni returns. Aza manages to destroy the mirror and warn Evie about Skulni's evil plans through the mirror; The destruction of the mirror also removes the magical beauty of Aza and Evie. Aza wakes up back to the Cave Dwarf with newfound self-respect. To her surprise, Igiori is also there, and he apologizes for not defending or believing her. Aza marries Igiori, King Oscaro finally recovers, and Evie turns away from his evil ways. The king decides to abdicate in favor of his nephew, as he still loves Evie, but does not trust her access to power, and leaves Ivi in the southern castle. Aza becomes queen of Ayorta with her husband, now King Ijori. She has three children, all of whom are very similar to their father, but have htun hair and can be abused just like their mother. Although she does not know who her biological parents are, zham manages to find out that they are distant relatives through a common great-great-grandmother. Aza lives happily ever after in the family that raised her and truly loved her. Aza is a 16-year-old girl from Ayorta who was adopted by a hotel owner when she was left in the larks of his hotel at the age of one month. She is the main character of the story. Aza's adopted sister, Areida, appears in Ella Enchanted as Ella's best friend. Ella's father, Sir Peter, is mentioned as a guest at the Featherbed Inn, where Aza lives. When Azu was found, she was covered with a velvet blanket with gold trim, as a result of which her family suspected she was noble or royal about her appearance and convinced that she is disgusting and ugly, but has a beautiful voice to speak and sing to compensate. She was suspected of being part of an ogre, but was actually part of a dwarf. She can abuse, or throw and send her voice from anywhere without moving her lips, and is extremely talented to imitate how to speak and sing voices. Eventually she falls madly in love and marries Prince Ijori, becomes queen of Ayorta and has three children, all three of whom inherit her gnome pedigree. The queen of Evie is (pronounced Ivy) a 19-year-old from the Kirri city of Bast, who becomes queen of Ayrita after marrying King Oscaro. She blackmails Aza to become her singing voice to preserve her reputation. It is self-absorbed, as well as simple-minded, insecure and preoccupied with beauty. When her new husband is wounded, she uses Aza's voice to gain dictatorial control of Ayorta. Although usually selfish and indifferent, Ivi sometimes demonstrates caring for others by staying with her wounded husband every night, and helping Aza find fashions that better suit her. She goes to the southern castle at the end of the book for being too cold-blooded and hungry for power. Prince Ijori is the Crown Prince of Ayorta, nephew of the king and heir to the throne. Igiori is two years older than Aza. First, he meets Aza in the waiting room at the royal wedding, and later collaborates with her in the song, composing a game they win. Throughout history, he becomes a good friend of Aza, and eventually romantically kisses her, but he doubts her when she is accused of being a part-ogre and conspiracy against the kingdom. He soon regains his faith in her, and when she lies dies in the caves of Gnome after eating a poisoned apple from Ivi, and the apple gets stuck in her throat. He animates her by hitting her on the back and knocking an apple in her throat. Ijori ultimately offers Aza and Aza happily accepts, thus becoming the king and queen of Ayorta. zhamM is a dwarf who frequents the Featherbed Inn. He befriends Aza and greets her at his home in the Caves of dwarf while she is in hiding. He is a judge and can read in the future to a certain extent, predicting the danger that Aza will find herself in. In the end, he thinks he's Azas's distant cousin. Skulni is the book's chief antagonist. He lives in the mirror given by Ivy Lucinda, the same fairy who gave Ella the gift of Frell's obedience. Those who use mirror potions can become beautiful or take on a disguise, but the price they pay is that, when they die, they find themselves trapped in the mirror while Lucinda gives a mirror again, while Skulni takes the holiday. When not in the mirror, Skulni travels under the name Master Ikulni. He even at the Aza family hotel before the story began; he apparently paid well, but when he left the money he paid disappeared into the air. In an attempt to get their vacation early, Skulni accelerates the death of mirror owners by preying on their weaknesses, giving them bad advice, and manipulating them; it has had a negative impact on much of Ayorthaya's history over the years. He was ultimately defeated by Aza; after she smashes the mirror, he never heard again. King Oscaro - He is a deeply respected and revered king of Ayror and Uncle Igiori on his mother's side. During the centaur show, the king was severely wounded and partially paralyzed and bedridden. He gradually recovers from Evie's visits and eventually becomes healed enough to make the conscious decision to leave the kingdom to his nephew while he retires to live with the exiled Evie. Areida is Aza's adopted younger sister. Becomes a very good friend of Ella Frell, alluding to Ella Enchanted. Fairy Lucinda - Gift giving to the fairy. Gave the queen Evie gifts. (Also in Ella Charmed) The attitude to Snow White Title Fairest comes from the classic fairy tale Snow White, as well as numerous elements of the plot, mostly in the later part of the book: a queen who has a magical speaking mirror who is very concerned about her beauty, becomes madly jealous of a young woman and seeks to kill her; The girl survives and find refuge among the dwarves/ dwarves; the queen disguised herself and poisoned the girl; Prince will finally save the girl and marry her. However, unlike the original Snow White, which itself was a princess and the daughter of an old queen, Aza is the simplicity, daughter of a hotelier who initially gets her position in the royal court in favor of the queen. The entire first half of the book, dedicated to Aza's childhood and her casual entanglement in court intrigues, has no analogues in the plot of Snow White. In addition, Levin adds an ironic twist: Aza, like Snow White, has white skin, red lips and black hair - but unlike Snow White, it doesn't make her beautiful in prevailing Ayorta standards; on the contrary, she considers herself ugly and so is considered by almost everyone (except Prince Igori). Aza's extreme self-awareness of her perceived ugliness, her efforts to make herself more beautiful and her possible reconciliation to her appearance are unparalleled in Snow White and more like The Ugly Duckling. The theme Fairest explores the themes of self-esteem, self- acceptance, and the society of beauty builds within the fairy tale setting. Aza is described as unattractive-ugly even, and can be seen the impact of this label on Aza. Her shy behavior and self-loathing are evident in her voice as a character. The way she holds her hand in front of her face out of habit and her anger when she show how other judgments affect her. Throughout the text we watch her begin to improve and respect herself, especially when Prince Igiori shows that he loves Aza despite her appearance. One can see these similar themes presented through the queen Evie, which allowed her desire for beauty to consume her to the point of perhaps selling her soul for beauty. Parallels can be drawn to the modern world and various difficulties teenagers face in relation to body image and acceptance. Levine sources, Gail Carson. Fairest. New York : HarperCollins, 2006. 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