Anna Hiekkapelto's Hummingbird 'And The Exiled'

Children can feel neglected when one of their siblings have a serious illness. Annas statement, which appears in her narration on the first Monday, refers to the way Anna’s parents conceived her. When Anna says she “didn’t get here by accident,” she means that her parents deliberately selected her, or rather the embryo that would become her, for a specific reason.“Although I am nine months pregnant, although I have had plenty of time to dream, I have not really considered the specifics of this child. I have thought of this daughter only in terms of what she will be able to do for the daughter I already have…Then again, my dreams for her are no less exalted; I plan for her to save her sister’s life.” Anna’s mother didn’t even have her because she wanted to she had her because she felt like she needed to. When that was done from there on out the neglection started

Anna is a dynamic character because of the facts we know about her and that we learn almost her entire history. We know her personality and her background by the end of the story we know how she reacts to situations and other behavioral traits characters becomes well known by the reader.

Anna herself comes to realise this in a non-egotistical way and says that she is a ‘woman who has faced more terrors than many warriors’. Opening in 1665, Brooks begins to outline the events of the plague year that enabled Anna to ‘shine’ and become the young woman who has faced the terrors of the mob, midwifery and mining. Instead of joining the grieving mob who attacked Mem and Anys Gowdie, the town healers, accusing them of being witches and blaming them for their losses to the plague, Anna fights with all her strength to bring the crowd to their senses. With her own ‘babies. rotting in the ground’ she too could have given in to the superstitions of her time and sought revenge by blaming the ‘witches’ but she chose the harder but more reasonable way and was bruised and battered for having done

Anna is very hard headed. She did what she thought was right, even though her parents begged her to reconsider her choice. She kept Kate’s wishes a secret until the end of the story even though Kate’s choice made their parents upset with Anna. Anna did what was in the best interest of Kate even though it meant others would look down on her. Without the truth coming forward, their parents would have never understood why Anna wanted her body

Anna learns that she can’t trust anybody and when she does it comes back to make her regret it. While being strong before going in and meeting somebody as they are doing may be harder than anything else in somebody else’s life, in Anna’s it’s just the beginning of what she has ahead. She may be with this person for 3 days or for 2 weeks before they pass and she then has to deal with the loss and move on to the next one.

Anna’s id appears to be the dominant aspect of her personality, especially in the beginning of the story,

Finally, later in the book and towards the end, Anna starts going to therapy sessions, and learning how to deal with her PTSD, and becomes much more confident and in control. “So it’s not like you live happily ever after… But you do handle it. Because the thing that you learn is that

Anna also undertakes a spiritual journey over the course of the book. Her learning of the villages’ Rector, Michael Mompellion’s true thoughts near the novels end, as well as her realisations on the nature of some of the other villagers causes her to question her Christian faith and its restrictions it places on her in the society she lives in. This can be seen in her accepting view of the Muslim faith in the epilogue.

We are first introduced to Anna, a thin woman with short dark hair, in her dialogue with her father where it quickly becomes apparent that they already have a difference in opinion on love, marriage and what she should wear on a yacht. “that guy will never marry you my darling daughter” to which Anna replies “so far, I’ve been the one who doesn’t want to marry him” “it’s the same difference” her father disagrees (Antonioni. 3:45 – 3:55). Although this is a short glimpse into Anna’s character we can see that she resists these social standards and almost seems annoyed by them. Anna is seemingly the most self- aware of the characters but seems to be stuck in a position where she is unsure of how everyone else will react to her true

She hated her brother so much that she didn't even mention him in her writing. Anna was independent, strong, and passionate, and therefore would have made a great and effective leader of the Byzantine empire if she had gotten the chance.

Anna has been on her own for 13 years of her life and has had to internally battle her dreams to be outside against the rules of keeping the gates closed. Similar to Kristoff, Anna is desperate to find someone to be with, for she has been alone for most of her life. Together, Kristoff and Anna can both be that someone that they need. They can help one another heal from their pain of isolation. Love is a powerful thing that brought Kristoff and Anna together that was caused by their isolation. When Anna thought she was in love with Hans, they agreed that they could “Say goodbye/ To the pain of the past/ [They] don’t have to feel it anymore! (Anderson-Lopez and Lopez). Hans and Anna believed that because they loved each other that they don’t have to worry about what they have gone through in the past. The idea is brought from love. Anna and Kristoff came together because of their isolation and fell in love with one another. Kristoff needed his healing hug to get rid of his pain and Anna was desperate to find someone be with for the past 13

Anna is a woman believed to be around 20 years old, who suffered physical and mental abuse at the hand of her father throughout her childhood. Anna spends the most duration of the novel in the village of Eyam, Derbyshire England, where, during her ‘annus mirabilis’, she steps out of her day to day and assumes responsibility for much of the village.

Anna finds herself bonding with people despite the harsh living conditions and weather, which quickly woke them

Hanne Wilhelmsen is a Scandinavian detective who is good at her job, and suffers more from a shoestring budget inside the police force more than any existential problems. She is involved in a committed relationship with another woman, but does not advertise this to the people that she works with. There is a male friend that she has who is a public prosecutor, he kind of acts as a Dr. Watson to her Holmes. She is arrogant, and also rather attractive. Besides being a cop, Wilhelmsen has worked as a lawyer, news anchor, and a journalist.

Anna’s farewell aria concerns her son (“Danny’s so scared…waiting for me…mama’s nearly there, nothing left for me.” ) thus cementing her love for Daniel, affirming her pure nature, and suggesting she does conform to the