Yesterday, I bought a classic children's book entitled, 'A Little Princess,' written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I really love the story. I used to watch the Japanese animation dubbed in our native language when I was still a teenager. I also first saw the film adaptation, the one where Ms. Shirley Temple starred. It's a bit different from the book. There's also another movie adaptation in the 90's but it is also not the same as the story told in the book, again it deviates a little bit. The setting was in the U.S.A., instead of London, England. My favorite version is the one starring Amelia Shankley. I read its quite faithful to the novel.Why do I like this novel? Aside from showing another country and culture like India, and England. (Very interesting that the author uses these 2 countries, since British colonized India before). That is why you can see an Indian man in the movie, and also read it in the book. The character of Ramdas, a sikh, he is the one wearing a turban. I believe it is diffirent from the middle eastern honorific title word, which is the sheik.
I can say, firstly its very true. It portrays the harsh realities of life wherein if you don't have money, you will be treated as a nobody. That in this world, there are heartless, and abusive people like Ms.Minchin, who is only concerned of what she gets or what profit she can get from others. That's why she treats them nicely, and if she can't milk anything from them, she just treats them badly. Also, there are reasonable, good people like Ms. Amelia, but are just too afraid to voice out their opinion. Another is that there will always be people who are jealous, and envious over others, even if the person that they are jealous with doesn't have anything to do with them. But despite of these things, despite of the hardships, and difficulties in life. We can still hope, and things aren't always as bad as they seem. We just need to have faith. Believe that there are still a few good people out there. No matter what, we should always be good, and never forget the good values that we have learned as we grow older. Treat others kindly, even if you will not get anything from them. That speaks a lot about your true character. Treat other people the way you wanted to be treated.
