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Hans Christian Andersen

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Ugly. Different. Broken. Worthless. These are all names and problems The ugly Duckling and the Tin Soldier had to deal with everyday. Hans Christian Andersen uses the theme of an unfortunate outcast, marked by physical appearance to display the neglect and rudeness the characters receive for being different and eventually the Regret from others of the beauty that becomes of them.
Hans Christian Andersen Lived a very different life, The only thing that ended up keeping him sane was his ability to write. After Learning about Fairy tales Andersen would be lost in his own world of writing about anything and everything. He Wrote about himself in these stories Through different characters in different situations. One of those is the ugly Duckling. Hans christian andersen put a lot from his life in this stories but you have to look closely to see it. Growing up Hans Christian Andersen was supposedly a tall, Ugly, Big-nosed, Big footed Kid , and for that you can probably tell that he was not very well liked. In fact, he was bullied and struggled through school for that reason, also making him depressed. If you remember the Story of the ugly duckling you will …show more content…

There were rumors that Hans Christian andersen’s father (Hans christian andersen) was not his father for he had been missing for the first 6 months of his life. Many thought he came from a line or royalty ( as did his father) They thought he was son of a prince. In the story, the duckling was from a barnyard of just basic animal and was thought to be a duck. The ugly duckling calls the Swans “Royal Birds and often called Beautiful” No other animal in the story had been recognized like that. It turned out to be that the ugly duckling was a beautiful swan getting , much attention and love , but unfortunately that was one thing that did not go hans christians way. Hans christian did not turn beautiful and live happily ever after, the famous author died

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