Friday, June 16, 2006

The hope of the little match seller

I remember hearing about the tale "The Little Match-Seller" by Hans Christian Andersen:
http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_match.html

Hans Christian Andersen has thoughtful ideas, conveyed by memorable stories. He seems to have a theme that different people can look at the same thing and see it differently. This is obviously true of some of his other tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling", but I think it is also true of "The Little Match-Seller". For some people, this is just a sad and sentimental story. But is it also a story of hope and happiness?

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