Review: The Little Match Girl; Hans Christian Andersen

The Little Match Girl
by; Hans Christian Andersen

genre } children | fairy tales
rating } all ages
acquisition } owned

A classic story from Hans Christian Andersen of a little match girl, who is supposed to sell matches on Christmas.

Quote
The little girl had already stretched out her feet to warm them too; but—the small flame went out, the stove vanished: she had only the remains of the burnt-out match in her hand.

Why Did I Pick it Up?
It’s Christmas… I thought I should pick one Christmas book up. I needed refreshing on how this one go.

My 2 ¢ ♠♠♠♠♠

As I read and read again these fairy tale books, and honestly... most of them are pretty grim. But I never get tired of it, since these are pretty much time less to begin with. A lot of us are familiar of this story, but have any one actually sit down and read it from a book? I like to say I have, and I like to share you my 2 cents. Over the years, I have read this one story from many different books and watch it in many television renditions, and regardless the tiny changes, the tale is loud, clear, grim and it is always a smile in a tragedy. How awkward of me to say that, isn’t it? 

Hans Christian Andersen had managed to capture the essence of “selfishness” of some members the community, where a single penny probably would have change the way this story might go. Instead of begging, she rather try and sell matches.. which didn’t go well. To try braving the winter night, she uses her matches and every flick, brings her hopes and dreams… and each time after it extinguishes, she is snapped back to her cold reality. Then, frustrated, she uses the last bunch where she meets her grandmother where she never be cold nor hungry again…

And…

The community find her lifeless body in the alley…