Heidi

HEIDI //**GENERAL REVIEW**// Heidi is the name of a children's book,originally written in1880 for the swiss writer Johanna Spyri. The book speaks about a little child that lives in the Swiss alps. She hasn't got parents because they died when she was a baby.

Heidi is the book more famous of Spyri. This is the book is one of the most widely read books of Swiss literaturein the world, this is a book full innocence, where highlights the love for the people and the nature.

//**SUMMARY OF THE BOOK**//

The book speaks about the a child's story, her name is Adelheid, but everybody called Heidi,his parents died when she was one year old,then take care of his aunt heidi for a time. But when Heidi was six Dete got a job in Frankfurt and then not being able to carry her. Then she took to Dorfly because his grandfather lives there, everybody says that he is very strange because he does not speak with anybody. He lives high on the mountain in a small wooden house; that place is called the Alm. When Opa(grandfather of Heidi) saw to Dete with his granddaughter, he was angry because he did not want to take care of her, but in the end he accepted because she was a child very nice. When she entered in the house. when she entered in the house, there are inside of the house, a table, a chair, a cupboard, a fireplace and a bed, then She to made her bed of hay., She put a few clothes in the cupboard. She was very happy in this places, She liked walk for the green grass, look the blue sky and sit under the big trees. A day in the morning, She heard feet that coming down the mountain, this feets were of the goats and a boy, his name is Petter. They quickly became good friends,She like go to walk whith Petter and the goats for the mountain; a day She met the two goats of his grandfather, Snowy and Brownie. A day when Heidi speak with Petter, He asked her I wanted to meet his grandmother. Yes, she answered, the next morning She and her grandfather went down mountain to the Petter-house, wehn she was inside of house, She could see a old woman sat in a wood chair in a corner of the house, She spoke with Petter-grandmother for much time, the old woman was very nice, She said to heidi that She wanted Petter to learn will read to He can read her a song, Heidi listened carefully her, the old woman could no see nothing, this woman got afraid because in the night She heared noisy out the house and she thought the house was coming down, Heidi was very worried about the old woman and asked her grandfather that to go to the next day to fix the house of the grandmother-Petter. A summer Date the aunt of Heidi went a Dorfly to the Opa house, She wanted lead to Heidi to Frankfurt with her, because, there was a child her name is Clara, She got not any friend, because she was in a wheelchair. But the grandfather of Heidi was very angry for it; He not wanted away from his granddaughter, but then told Dete to Opa, if heidi was going with she can get into a good school and learn many things. Heidi want not go that with her, because loves live there, but she accept becouse her aunt told her she could bring many white bread to the Petter-grandmother because she could not eat the bread of the village. The house of Frankfurt was very big, beautiful, but Heidi wasn't happy be there because, She stranger to her grandfather, Petter and the Petter-grandmother. In this house live many people. Miss Rhomer, She is the housekeeper, She was very surprised because Heidi was eight years old and still could not read; She immediatly told to Clara tath speak with Miss Kandidat to teach reading to Heidi, but Heidi can't learn to read. A day the Clara-grandmother came to the house of frankfurt to visit to granddaughter, She saw in the sad face of Heidi and asked Miss Rhomer that happened to her,the miss told that She not want be there, then the Grandmother went the bedroom of Heidi for speak with her. Heidi was sat in a corner of room, then the old woman entered to the room and the asked to heidi because She was sad, She answered, missed much of her home. the old woman she pay a beautiful book for her to read, but Heidi began to cry because she couldn't read, then the Clara-Grandmother told that She would give the book if she learned to read, the girl was happy. Weeks after the girl learned to read, everybody in the house was very surprised. A morning when Sebastian the manservant of the house woke up saw that the door was open, this he worry a lot, immediatly was to speak with Miss Rohmer about it. everybody began to think that who open the door was a ghost, so called to Mr. Seemann for that for that come to house because Clara was very afraid. then he arrived the next day. Mr. Seemann that night and stayed clear medical monitoring to see when the ghost appeared. sundeenly the doctor of Clara hear some noisy in the room, and the two men went to see that happened, then they saw the ghost this was Heidi with her white nightdress, but She was sleepwalking. She was dreamed that was in her home, with her grandfather, petter and the goats, because could went to look at the night sky. every night She ran to the door and opened it. Mr. Seemann, realized how much she missed home and decided to send it back with his grandfather in Dorfly. He told to Sebastian that take, they passed the night in a village near to Dorfly, the next day Sebastian met to a man, He went to Dorfly so that Heidi commission to carry to where his grandfather was waiting, He said that yes. When Heidi saw her Grandfather, She was very happy, She told her grandfather that to take her to the Petter-house, He accepted. when She come, the Grandmothed and Briggita could herad her, Heidi was happy of see to the grandmother alive. She brought a lot of white bread, but the old woman was very happy of feel her. She told to the grandmother, that she can read, the old woman was surprised, then Heidi read a song about the sun for her. A morning when Heidi woken, She heard a feet near her house, She look quickly for the window, then saw to the Clara-grandmother and to Clara, Heidi went outside very fast, She was very excited. Then all entered to the house for speak. when Petter was near the Heidi-house, he could heard the voice of Clara inside of the house, He was very angry, He wanted not that heidi had more friends, then He pushed the wheelchair down to mountain and began to run. In the Afternoon they out to walk the Grandfather took to Clara in his stronger hands. Heidi saw to Petter and called him, He was very afraid, but come over slowly. the Grandfather left to Clara in the floor about the green grass. She looking some beautiful blue flowers that were near of her, she wanted go there, then Petter and Heidi the helped to stand., She walked slowly, but all were very happy. After the father of Clara went to Dorfly for see to Clara, He was very surprised for see to his daugther walk this did very happy. He the thanked to Heidi, to the Heidi-grandfather and Petter. Mr. Seemann promised the Heidi-grandfather take care when him died and too gave a bed to the Petter-grandmother because Heidi it asked. This was beautiful day.

//**CHARACTERS**//
 * //**Heidi (Adelheid):**// She was a small child very innocent and nice. She is the book's main character.
 * //**Alm-Opa:**// He was a old man. He is the grandfather of heidi
 * //**Tobias:**//He was the father of Heidy, he died when she was one year old.
 * //**Adelheid:**// She was the mother of Heidi.
 * //**Dete:**// She was the aunt of Heidi.
 * //**Goat-Petter:**// He was the best friend of heidi.He was a goat herder.
 * //**Clara Seemann:**// she was the best friend of heidi. She live in Frankfurt.
 * //**Miss Rohmer:**// She was the housekeeper in the house in Frankfurt. She does not like Heidi, because Heidi was very naughty.
 * //**Sebastian:**//He was the manservant of the house in Frankfurt.
 * //**Miss. Kandidat:**// She was the teacher of Clara and Heidi in the house of Frankfurt.
 * //**Petter-Grandmother:**// She was a blind woman. She lived in the mountain.
 * //**Clara-Grandmother:**// She taught to Heidi to speak with God.
 * //**Mr. Seemann:**// He was the father of Clara.
 * //** Brigitta: **// She was the mother of Petter.

//**REFERENCES**//

Spyri,J.(2000) Heidi. Penguin readers: Harlow, England.