Analysis of the Elements of the story, The Little Match Girl

 

E l e m e n t s :

    Conflict:

            - Man vs Nature

  Settings:

 - New Year's Eve

- The corner between two houses

  Characters:

1. The Match Girl - She is the protagonist of the story. She was selling matches in the cold.

2. Grandmother - She was the only person who loved the little match girl, she appears in the little match girl’s hallucinations.

3. Father - The father was the one who told the little match girl to sell matches.

  Point of View:

- The short story, The Little Match Girl was told from a third-person point of view.

      Theme:

1. Struggle: The Little Match Girl struggles to sell any matches and because of that, she would not go home, scared that her father would punish her.

2. Loneliness: The Little Match Girl was alone between two houses.

3. Hope: The Little Match Girl was hungry and cold but she didn't lose hope.