Description: Description of the Story - Heidi
The Story of HeidiGenre
- Novel
- Children literature
- Fiction
Characters
- Heidi
- Heidi's Grandfather
- Aunt Dete
- Peter
- Peter's Grand Mother
- Heidi's Grand Mother
Setting
- Central Switzerland
What happens at the Beginning?
- Heidi is an orphan
- She was raised by her Maternal Grandparents and Aunt Dete.
The Middle
- However, villagers express concern about Heidi living with her grandfather.
- He is a bitter old man who has become reclusive and has rejected religion.
- Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her angelic ways, sheer love, and adorable personality.
The End
- Heidi is left with him, and the odd couple—after some initial reluctance on the grandfather's part—are happy together.
- The little girl's spirits soar, and her goodness and faith soften the old man's heart.
- She quickly comes to love life on the mountain and makes friends with Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother, among others.