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REVIEW "A LITTLE PRINCESS" BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
A Little Princes written by Frances Hodgson Burnett opens with Captain Crewe and his beloved daughter, seven-year-old Sara Crewe, departing from India to Miss Minchin's school for girls in England. Captain Crewe is so wealthy that he prepares lavishly his heiress a fabulous, convenient room having everything she needs, including an elegant wardrobe and a beautiful doll for her to talk to. Thanks to her dignity and intelligence, everyone regards Sara as a princess. On Sara's eleventh birthday, Miss Minchin knows her dad has died of jungle fever and his fortune is lost, she forces Sara to work as a servant and live on the rooftop. Despite being hurt, starved and isolated, Sara, an optimistic girl, is not alone owing to her friends' consolation, always believes she is still a princess and behave kindly to everyone including her offenders. Meanwhile, the man next door and his servant have mercy for her poor conditions and secretly send her foods and gifts. One night, Mr. Carriford, the house next door owner, realizes that Sara is his late business partner's missing daughter whom he always seeks to find. He restored her fortune and her fabulous life. Sara gives her money to the baker for foods given to hungry children.
A little princess, which is a riches-to-rags-to-riches story, is a work of humanitarian. First, Frances Hodgson Burnett shows readers love in all around through the story. When the story opens, readers meet Captain Crewe who seems to be an ideal father in all little girls' eyes. Without her mother, he loves Sara more than anything and gives her everything she wants to please her. The moment Sara says goodbye to her dad really touches the readers' heart. She looks long and hard at her dad's face.
- "Are you learning me by heart?" He said, stroking her hair.
- "No. I know you by heart. You are inside my heart."
Besides the father and daughter love, there always is love between human beings. The author uses the third-person omniscient in telling story to have a detached point of view and the source knows all about the characters and their feelings. Being a little lady, Sara is always kind and polite to everybody. One of the examples is on her birthday party, she asks Miss Minchin to let Becky, the scullery maid, stay to see her gifts:
- "I want her because I know she will like to see the presents," she explained. "She is a little girl, too, you know."
Sara is a wealthy heiress, but she doesn't have an arrogance that many pampered children have, she truly loves and sympathizes with everyone she meets, and what makes "A little princess" is a humanity work. Last but not least, there is an eternal message which Sara wants to tell to all the girls in the worlds: "I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses."
"A little princess" is like a gem hidden beneath layers of sugars and spice. This work of humanity reaches all little girls dream and becomes one of the "Top 100 books for children".
Duong, the first thing that you should ask yourself as you write this review is "What am I reviewing?" After you figure out what you want to review about the story, ask yourself a second question, "Why am I reviewing this story in particular?" These questions will be the basis of your review and will act as the guide that you need to clearly state the purpose of your story review. Remember, a lot of story reviews have already been written about A Little Princess. I suggest that you read the reviews available online in order to get inspiration towards the proper theme or content of the story that you should review. That way you do not fall back on a very long excerpt from the book which does not really help to move your personal review forward. Also, I believe that you want to review the "Humanitarian" work that is represented in the story, not "humanity". You could have discussed, in your review, the various aspects of humanitarian causes and effects that are reflected throughout the story after the father of Sara is mistaken for dead and how the strangers in the community came to the orphaned girl's aid. While your story review is alright, it lacks the proper clarity and direction that could have made it even better. You can still work on the review and the grammar problems that exist though. Good luck!
