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Compare And Contrast The Crown By Suzanne Weyn
Keira Cass and Suzanne Weyn are two authors who ask questions that others are afraid to ask or don't even think of. What could the future look like? What if’s? These are only some questions that they have asked themselves when starting to write The Crown: by Kiera Cass published May 2016, and Empty: by Suzanne Weyn published in 2010. Kiera Cass is a young woman who has written an archetype based on Cinderella and Esther. She imagines “what if” for both stories. Suzanne Wayne; however, found inspiration through current events and studying what people in the past have said about future problems. In The Crown the main character Eadlyn is inspired to become a better version of herself. This happens through her mother getting ill, and the fact that she must become Queen. In Empty the …show more content…
If it's to become a better person or to write a book. Everyone is able to relate to the fact that they have been or are inspired by someone or something.
Cass a 35 year old women has written a story that many girls, and women have read. Cass has written many books for The Selection series and The Crown is the last book. One must go back to the first book to understand why Cass wrote The Crown and what had inspired the whole idea. Wherever you look online people say that The Selection is a series that is a mixture of The Hunger Games and The Bachelor. Although this is very true these are not the sources that inspired Cass to write her books. One must look way back into history to find the inspirations for these books. Cass always asked “ what if” with the stories Cinderella and Esther. Cinderella is a story that many know, a young woman is forced to be a maid to her stepmother after her father falls sick and dies. All she does is listen to her stepmother doing everything that is asked of her. One day every home in the kingdom gets an invitation to a royal ball. Cinderella prepares for the ball only to be told that she must stay at home by

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