Book Title: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett March 28, 2012
Part 1
REFLECT
This novel tells the uplifting story of a young girl of fortune, who is left impoverished after the death of her father. Her clear imagination and joyful attitude keeps her world turn around and make her situation bearable despite the tough times and disregard that she came across.
As a young child Sarah Crewe was brought over from India by her father to enroll in a girl’s seminary in London. Her greatest happiness was to “imagine” things to make more magical, both for herself and those less privilege than herself. She was the favorite among all the girls in the seminary, her first day in school surprises everyone, and her versatility stunned her classmates. She owned gorgeously and wonderfully fashioned clothes, French maid and personal carriage, these possessions set her apart from the rest that eventually carved jealousy in Miss Minchin, the rapacious head of the school. The sun does not always shine, after her days of joy the rest of her day in the seminary was field with grief and sorrow. The day her father died was also the day her life turned drastically into hell. She was left alone in poverty, it was a harsh time for her, she has to put herself in a situation she never gone to visualize. But despite how inequitable life was she remained strong and brave, and resisted all the pain and criticism she got from the people around her. Sarah somehow was lucky enough to have a circle of friends that gives her strength and helped her throughout her distress.
CONNECT
“The sun does not always shine so it’s ok to lose sometimes”. Looking at the reality of life we do not always take the trophy home, sometimes it was the others who much deserve it. And Sarah Crewe who had experienced the bitterness of life never surrendered and fought for her right to live. Her optimism made her strong enough to carry all the pains of life that the death of her father brought her. And indeed we do the same thing, I do not look at things negatively, instead I gaze at them as if I can go beyond it. Although there was this tough circumstance we may inevitably bump into just like Sarah Crewe faith to our mighty creator would enormously bring us remedy.
QUESTION
What if Sarah Crewe’s father did not die? Would she experience the same occurrence? What if she was never found by the Indian Gentlemen? Would her sorrow continue?
PREDICT
Maybe Sarah Crewe would live a happy life with the Indian Gentlemen. Probably she will help Becky out of her poor situation now that she’s already free from Miss Minchin’s ferociousness. And eventually she will continue helping those marginalized individuals especially the young ones.
Part 2
I have already witness this story in television when I was young and I thought it wouldn’t make any difference if I read the novel of the same story, but I was wrong then, in this novel Sarah Crewe was portrayed experiencing the dire bitterness of life. The pain she had was unbearable if it was to occur to some. And amazingly Sarah Crewe despite her young age she was able to continue life and live it the way others live it.
"How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is
certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is
not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps
there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without
even making a sound, to another soul."
certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is
not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps
there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without
even making a sound, to another soul."
Looking at this line we may think that it is impossible to talk to an animal and get an answer from them, would that be some kind of foolishness? But with the case of Sarah Crewe her situation impels her to look for someone whom she can share her ache and she found it to animals. Probably the difference between friends and animals is that friends we only allow them into our company, and animals like our pets we allow them into our solitude, and this what happens to Sarah Crewe she share loneliness to her animal friend.
