Fanny's Dream

• Book title

Fanny's Dream

• Author

Caralyn Buehner

• Analysis of the Story

Flat characters

Protagonist  Fanny

Antagonist  None

Foil character  girl friends of Fanny

Supporting character  Heber

Setting  backdrop

Narrative point of view  omniscient narrator

Plot  sequential

Conflict  the protagonist against another

Theme  

Fanny is a farm girl who dreams about marrying the prince, and she does believe she will.  However, the fairy godmother just doesn't show up for her at the night of the mayor's ball.  She is disappointed and after talking to Heber, she married him.  The marriage life afterward is happy.  But years after, the fairy godmother finally shows up for Fanny and wants to help her get to the ball.  Fanny makes her best choice. 

Style  

Clear and strong story structure, useful words choice for children to learn.

Tone

Joyful and funny in the beginning when Fanny keeps saying that she will marry the prince.  Sad but real when the fairy godmother doesn't show up at the ball night.  Pleasant and happy feeling after Fanny marry Heber.  Surpring and warm when the fairy godmother shows up and Fanny makes her choice in the end.

• Reflection

Girls have dreams.  As a girl, we probably all dreamed about marrying a prince when we grow up.  And when we finally grew up, we found out that prince was never really exist.  What a pity, but at least  we used to dream.  In the story, Fanny dreams about marrying the prince even when she grow up because she believes she will absolutely realize it one day.  However, without the helping of fairy godmother, she can just marry a man average as her.  Yet after they gets married, she finds that this kind of life is happy.  They have their children, working together with joy around them.  Although Heber is not a prince or mayor's son, he is suitable for her.  Thus when fairy godmother shows up late in front of her, Fanny decides not to leave her family.  I think Fanny does marry her prince, the prince is the one who truly fit well with her and they can share the happiness together.  Maybe fairy godmother was helping her from the beginning, she led her figuring out who the prince was in the end.

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