Carter vs. Original P.I.B.

• "Puss-in-Boots" seems to be the only truly humorous story of the bunch (though maybe w/ a touch of gallows humor). How has Carter modernized the original story? http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault04.html How is it the same? How is this story like the others? How different?

Carter has modernized the story from the original through different ideas. Carter’s version includes the master and his cat. The cat is almost like the “wing man” (lol) to the master because he successfully gets his master access to the Princess through the use of excuses and lies. At the end of the story, the Princess’ husband fell and died .. a little too fishy. Especially considering that the Princess and the cat’s master marry. The master even inherits a good fortune for marrying his lover, the Princess. 

The original puss-in-boots starts off with the master inheriting into what his father left for him and his two brothers. He inherited the cat, which he wasn’t too happy about either. In the original story, the cat also aids in the access to the Princess. The cat, deceived the King into thinking that his master was rich and owned a bountiful meadow and various estates. Upon his meetings of forcing people to lie, the cat came across an ogre living in a castle, who had the power of transformation into any other animal. The cat was able to persuade the ogre into turning into a mouse, for he knew exactly what his next move was — to kill the ogre and claim the castle as his masters. This won the king’s approval and the Princess’ heart. 

Both stories show the similarity of the cat’s role. Being their master’s sneaky servant. And both stories end with the master inheriting love and fortune. The ways the cat did the sneaky jobs are different in the stories.