character sketch of sara in story a little princess
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Does the character shape her own destiny? Does she actively try to change her situation and if not, why not?
Like many other child characters, Sara’s control over her own destiny is limited by her age. She’s quite a young girl, and has to rely on other people for basic things like food, shelter and clothing. This dictates a lot of the plot of A Little Princess – when her father dies, leaving her with nothing, she’s cast into poverty and has to become a servant. When she meets her father’s business partner, who’s determined to provide for her, she’s raised back up to her former position. A lot of Sara’s story isn’t the result of her own actions, but the result of other people deciding whether or not they will be looking after her.
As such, Sara’s always on the back foot here – the most she can control is how she reacts to things, and she makes a point of doing this as much as possible. Determined to always behave like a kind and magnanimous princess, she never allows her changed circumstances to affect her behaviour. But she never really tries to change things. She tries to make herself feel better using her imagination, and trying to keep up her friendships, but she never thinks about how she can change what’s really causing her problems: her financial situation.
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Intelligent, imaginative, and kind. The other students used to call her “Princess” Sara, and she tries to be a true princess even now that her fortune is lost. She is unwaveringly generous and sympathetic to those who are poorer and hungrier than herself.