Question

Despite facing cold, hunger & apathy of the people around her the little girl doesn't lose her faith and hope. Justify the statement in the context of the story " The Little Match Girl"​

Answer 1

Hans Christian Andersen’s short story The Little Match Girl is an inspiring tale of an impoverished match girl who retains her stubborn spirit of struggle for existence even amid the oppression and utter neglect of society. Utter callousness of the so called gentle and rich folk of her community turn a deaf year to her unspeakable misery. It is her constant effort to carve out a precarious living for herself against the heavy odds of life.

In the cold and gloom a poor girl walked, bareheaded and barefoot, through the streets.

This is how the girl is introduced in the story. Her purpose remains unfulfilled as she could not sell her matchsticks. Furthermore, she can hardly avoid her father’s anger for being unable to sell her matchsticks.