Heidi Essay

In Heidi, a classic novel written by Johanna Spryi, one of the most meaningful themes the author explores is respect for nature. The reader sees two contrasting settings as Heidi, a young orphan girl, grows up by the Swiss Alps in the beginning of the book. As the story progresses, Heidi’s environment changes again. This time instead of being surrounded by great mountains, grass, and goats, she was near stone streets and large buildings in Dorflί. Since I grew up in a rural area, I can relate to the importance having a respect for nature. Everyone must have a love for the land so we all can experience more places like the beautiful fields written about in Heidi, rather than the gray streets. The reality is respect for nature means conserving and protecting the beauty of the world and the lessons of life learned from Mother Earth.

In the novel, Heidi enjoys the first environment she is placed in. Although Heidi is not in a scholarly setting, she learns many meaningful life lessons through nature. For example, Heidi believes that the land has healing powers. When the wind blew her guest’s wheelchair off the …show more content…
I incorporated pictures of cobblestone streets and a few of the many luxuries that comes with living in the city. The city has all of the latest technology including a wheelchair, used by her friend, and a telegraph. Another luxury that was added to the collage and that was in the city was bread, cheese, and milk. For the real article on the black and white side, I chose to add pennies to my collage. Pennies represented wealth in the book. In the city, wealth means more than the environment. After I added the pennies, I added a quote that complemented the theme and poster. The quote is, “The poor child felt like a little bird in a glittering cage.” I means that she would have rather been in the mountains instead of having all of the luxuries in the