BR 2-8: The Snow Queen

"She was a cold, hard queen with no love in her heart. Her face was cruel and she never, never smiled."
(Audrey, 2000, p.8)

This is a part of the story of the snow queen by grandmother of Gerda and Kay. She tells her grandchildren that the snow queen is horrible queen. Gerda and Kay are excited at the story.

The reason why I chose this book is I heared that a hit movie 'Frozen' is from this Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, so I was interested in this story. The character apply for the snow queen in 'Frozen' is Elsa. Elsa can put out snow from her hands, and the snow queen can, too. Elsa annoy her ability, because she wounded her sister 'Ana' when they are children. She doesn't want to wound any more people. She is so kind person. However, the snow queen is not like Elsa. She doesn't have love in her heart. There are some differences from Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and arranged story.

Audrey, 2000, The Snow Queen, PENGUIN READERS

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