H.C. Andersen's Little Match Girl
H.C. Andersen's Little Match Girl
The image refers to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Match Girl". This is the story of a little girl, barefoot, hungry and freezing in the cold New Year's Eve, trying to sell matches. It ignites some matches to warm up and eventually dies in the freezing cold. For me, the story is an appeal to humanity and compassion for the poorest of all people. Every winter, homeless people freeze to death, and children starve to death in the poorest countries. Both Christmas and New Year’s Eve should make this clear to us and guide those who have the opportunity to reduce misery in the world. The Little Match Girl Summery The narrative begins on a brutally cold winter evening which also incidentally happens to be the New Year’s Eve. A little girl is walking over snow with bare feet and uncovered head trying to sell matches to people. Since it’s the evening before New Year, there are not many people outside in the cold as they are all busy celebrating the occasion in the warmth of their houses with their families. This poor lonely girl roamed around in the snow in the hopes of selling a bundle of matches before she returned home. The reason why she was without slippers she left her house wearing her mother’s slippers which were too huge for her small sized feet. While she was crossing an icy path she came in front of two carriages which hurried past her and left her dazed. She lost one of her slippers in this process and then came along a mischievous little boy who stole her slipper thinking he can put it to use someday in the future as a cradle for his offspring. The miserable little girl couldn’t even go back to her house which was her only shelter because she was afraid of her father who would beat her if she didn’t procure any money. The house she lived in was in anyways a broken run-down little cottage which was kept unkempt. The wind whistled through the gaps in the roof and it was never warm inside so she decided to stay outside for as long as she could. Although she carried some match boxes in her pocket, she didn’t dare light them because they were given to her for the purpose of selling. But there were hardly any people about and the lanes were all deserted. After having roamed around for a while and when her tiny hands and feet turned blue with cold, she came across a corner in the middle of two houses. The girl sat herself down there?
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