write the message of the story 'the little girl'.
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Explanation:
Introduction to The Little Girl
The title of the story refers to the main character that we will come across- the little girl named Kezia. The theme of the story is the relationship between children and their parents and the writer Katherine Mansfield wants to tell us that children share a very important bond of love with their parents. Although when children are small, when they are young they do not feel that their parents love them because their parents are strict and many actions of the parents seems unjustified. But as children grow up they realise that all the acts done by their parents were beneficial for them. The parents were concerned for them and beneath the strictness lies a heart full of love for the children. And this bond of love between parents and their children has been highlighted through this story.
Do you feel you know your parents better now, than when you were much younger? Perhaps you now understand the reasons for some of their actions that used to upset you earlier.
When we are small, when we are very small,we do not know why our parents are being strict with us. But as we grow older we become mature and we realize why they were being strict with us and when we realized that thing then we also realize that our parents love us. So even the reader can also relate to this. You all can also feel that when you were younger, the action you parents did, the strictness that they had towards you was for your betterment.And as you will grow older and older you will realize that in the past whatever acts your parents did were for your betterment and in fact they really love you.
This story about a little girl whose feelings for her father change from fear to understanding will probably find an echo in every home.
Now what do we mean by “will probably find an echo in every home”. This means that all the children will feel the same way. So, you all can relate to the feeling of little girl Kezia. Just like Kezia is full of fear towards her father and later on she understands his behavior and feels that he was concerned, and he loved her. All the children also have the same feeling towards their parents and you can relate to Kezia’s story very well.
Lesson and Explanation of The Little Girl
To the little girl he was a figure to fear and avoided.
a figure to be feared: a person to be feared
And who is the figure to be feared here - Kezia’s father. So he refers to Kezia’s Father and the little girl is Kezia. So, the opening line of the story is indicating the fear that Kezia has for her Father. And as she is fearful of her father, she tries to avoid him and she tries to remain away from him.
Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which she responded with “Goodbye, Father”.
So every morning before going to work Kezia’s father would visit her in her room and give her a casual kiss. And in reply Kezia would say “Goodbye, Father”. So, this action of Kezia’s father shows his love for Kezia.
And oh, there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road!
Glad sense of relief: feeling relaxed
Fainter and fainter: to lessen or reduce
Carriages like horse carts were means of conveyance used in olden times. So here we can make out the fear that Kezia has for her father. The writer says that when Kezia heard that her father’s carriage was going away from home and he was leaving home and the sound became fainter and fainter that means the sound reduced, Kezia would have a sense of relaxation. She would feel relieved that her father had left. Now why did she feel relieved? Because she feared her father, she was afraid of him and so she was relieved when he left home.
In the evening when he came home she stood near the staircase and heard his loud voice in the hall.
In the evenings, when Kezia’s father would return home she would hear his loud voice. And this loud voice against made her afraid of him.
“Bring my tea into the drawing-room... Hasn’t the paper come yet? Mother, go and see if my paper’s out there — and bring me my slippers.”
So asKezia’s father returned home, he would start ordering all different things. He would order that tea be served to him in the drawing room, he wanted the newspaper, he would asked his mother to go and see if the newspaper was there outside the house and he would asked her to get him his slipper also.
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A little girl sleeping suddenly. she heared a loud noise and got sacred. she woke up and saw that all the family members were looking curiously at her because her face was perspring. she qas wet perspring. there was no electricity. Everyone in the house was surprised as to how she was sleeping without fan, cooler or air conditioner It was hot summer's night. No one could sleep without conditioner and she was sleeping peacefull. This was matter of great concern for all my family members. They were even getting scared and greatly concerned worried for her. but she was assured them that l was extremely tired and so sleeping peacefull. Everybody started laughing and they were relieved. They were so happy at party was organized at night to celebrate her good condition. she was happy to see and I bless all her lovely family members. who deeply attached to her.
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