Write an essay response focusing on relating aspects of Cinder to either a futuristic society or contemporary society. You may look at how the story reflects the attitudes, morals, values, or views of society.

Cinder is a futuristic science fiction novel by Marissa Meyer, based on the fairy tale of Cinderella. The plot reflects the social and moral attitudes that define our society, especially the prejudice against those who are disabled.
Cinder herself is a person with disabilities—she lost her leg, arm, and memory in an accident prior to the beginning of the book—and a cyborg, a person in the future who has robotic additions to their human body. Cyborgs are discriminated against in New Beijing in a few ways (and assumed to be discriminated against by everyone who is not a cyborg). The Lunars, although they seem to be an evolved or different race of humans themselves, also look down on the existence of cyborgs.
Cinder does not have any legal or financial autonomy because of her social status as a cyborg. Her stepmother has the authority to make significant decisions on her behalf, such as taking Cinder's wages that she earns as a mechanic, or signing her up to be a test experiment against her will. This lack of autonomy is something that can happen in the modern world, and financial limitations can be significant obstacles for people with disabilities.
Cinder frequently covers up and hides her robotic prosthetics with gloves and shoes, and despite the many chances available to tell Prince Kai that she is a cyborg, does not do so. When he asks her to the ball, she turns him down, in part to spare him the public embarrassment of associating with a cyborg. Cinder's self-consciousness and shame could be compared to the stigma that still surrounds many visible and invisible disabilities in our contemporary society.