What was the attitude of people towards the little match girl in poem the little match seller
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Answers
Anderson's "The Little Match Girl" is not far from classic fairy tales by the Brothers' Grimm—they both share a certain darkness to their content, a melancholic and an often morbid obsession with consequences for actions or for merely existing. It's an often studied piece in academic circles.
In "The Little Match Girl," Anderson's titular character dies by the end of the piece, but the story is much more about the perseverance of hope. In these sparse, unforgiving lines, Hans Christian Andersen packs so much simple beauty and hope: The girl is cold, barefoot, and poor—without a friend in the world (it seems)—but she is not without hope.
She dreams of warmth and light, of a time when she will be surrounded by love, and filled with happiness. It's so far outside of the realm of her current experience that most of us would have long since given up such dreams, but she holds on.
Still, the harsh realities of poverty haunt the little girl's reality—she must sell a match for fear of being beaten by her father upon returning home and this fear propels her to stay outside all night, which ultimately leads to her death by hypothermia.
Lessons and Adaptations
Thanks to its brevity and delicate approach to the topic of death, "The Little Match Girl" serves as a great tool, like most fairy tales, to teach children important lessons about the tougher topics in life like death and loss as well as social issues like poverty and charity.
We may not want to think about the horrible things that happen every day, and it's certainly hard to explain such things to our children. It does seem, though, that we can often learn the greatest lessons from the children—in how they deal with the most hopeless situations. In those final moments, this little girl sees visions of splendor. She sees hope. But, her passing—punctuated by the shooting of a star in the night sky—is tragic and troubling.
Fortunately, there have also been many adaptations of this short piece by Hans Christian Anderson including several animated and live action short films which provide an easier way for children to access the themes of this brilliant short work of fiction.
Answer:
On a freezing New Year's Eve a poor young girl, shivering and barefoot, tries to sell matches in the street. Afraid to go home because her father will beat her for failing to sell any matches, she huddles in the nook between two houses and lights matches to warm herself.
In the flame of the matches she sees a series of comforting visions: a warm stove, a holiday feast, a magnificent Christmas tree. In the sky she sees a shooting star, which her late grandmother had told her means someone is on their way to Heaven. In the flame of the next match she sees her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. To keep the vision of her grandmother alive as long as possible, the girl lights the entire bundle of matches.