ALittlePrincessisatouchingnovelwrittenbyFrancesHodgsonBurnett—afamousnovelistanddramatist.Itobviouslycontainslotsoffanciedplots,butthepartsofcreatingmiraclesthebooktalksabout,canreallyreachthebottomofmyheart.ThebookcanbringmeintoaworldthatismorethanrealitywhenIreadit.Icanfeelthepowerofgoodnessfromtheheroine—SaraCrewe.

ThebookALittlePrincessisthestoryofagirlnamedSaraCrewe,whoisgiveneverythingshecouldeverwant,butsheisnotspoiled.Sheimmediatelybecomesafavoriteofotherstudentswhentheyfindthatsheiscleverandcantellgoodstoriesbyusinghervividimagination.OnSaras11thbirthday,MissMinchinistoldthatSarasfatherhasdied,leavingSarapenniless,andnowheretogo.SoMissMinchinsendshertoanatticwheresheisgoingtoworkasaservant.SarastrialistorememberthataPrincessistheprincessallthetime,evenwhensheactsasothers,andeveninragsandtatters.Atlastshegetshelpsfromthefriendsofherfatherandbecomerichagain,andbecomeaprincessforever.

Wecanfeelgoodnessallthroughthebook.Saraiskindtoeveryone,eventothemiceandherdolls!Shealwaysisreadytohelpothersnotmatterwhatsituationsheherselfisin.Sheencouragesherfriendswhentheyhaveproblems;shehelpsherfriendstostudy;shetellswonderfulstoriestothepoorlittleservant,andbuysdeliciousfoodforher;sheforgivesthestudentswhohateherandgivesthemawarmhandwhentheyhaveproblems;andevenwhenshebecomespoorshestillgivesmostofherbreadtoabeggar;sheandthemicebecomefriends.Thoughsheisstarvingshewon’tforgettogivesomefoodtothem.Youmightthinkthisishardforotherpeople,butSaradiditverywell.Hergoodnessandherheadmaster’svillainybecomeanobviouscontrast.Thebookhasgreatinfluenceonme.WhenIhavedifficulties,IalwaysthinkofSaraandIwillhavecouragetosolvethedifficultiesandsometimessomeideaswillcometomymindasifSarahadhelpedme.

Whatdoestheword“goodness”mean?Theexplanationinthedictionaryis:thestateorqualityofbeinggood.WhatSarahasdonenotonlyrepresentsgoodness,butalsoshowsthattheauthorupholdsgoodthingsandhopesthattheworldwillbefullofgoodnessandlove.Andthenwhataboutthereallifeintheworld?Ofcoursethereisgoodnessandvillainy.Goodness?Goodthingsaredonebyhistoricpersonsandgreatpeople;asanegligibleperson,ithasnothingtodowithme!Ifyouhavethiskindofopinionofdoinggoodness,youaretotallywrong.Wecanseegoodnessfromverytinythings,suchas:givingasweetsmiletoyourfriendswhenyoumeetthem;beingkindandconsideratewhileyoudothings;tryingtofindit’sapleasuretohelpothers;beingkindtoallcreatures…well,astherearesomany,itsoundsdifficult;butifyoureallyhaveawarmheartindailylife,youwillfinditiseasyenoughtodogoodness.

Sarasetsusagoodexample.Shenotonlyherselfdoesitperfectly,butalsospreadstheideaofgoodnesstoherfriendsandimpressesmanypeopledeeply.Throughthebookwecanfindthatactually,theauthordescribesSaraandMissMinchinastwoextremelypole,oneisextremelygood;theotherisextremelybad.Thoughpeopleinreallifearenotthatextremelydifferent.However,westillcanfindthat,nowadays,fewerpeoplewanttodogoodnessandcandoitverywell.Why?

Thereareanumberofreasonsaccountingforthesignificantphenomenon.Firstofall,nowadays,oursocietycarriesouttheso-calledone-child-policy,intheconsiderationoftheirchildren,manyparentsalwaysteachthechildrenthatprotectyourselffirst,consequently,dayafterday,childrenbecomesomewhatselfishthatleadstothefactthatfewerpeoplecandogoodnessasSaradoes.

Urbanizationalsoplaysanimportantpart.Asthecountryapproachesurbanization,andlivingstandardimproves,morepeoplewholiveinbigcitiesandhavemorelivingpressure,arebusyfortheirownworkandstudy,andthencorrespondinglycarelessaboutpublicsociety,theyjustcaremoreaboutthethingsrelatedtotheirlife,suchasincomesandholidays,etc.Theyarenotinthelackofsympathybuthavenoconceptofdoinggoodness.Intheirmindsdoinggoodnessisworthnothing.

Aswehavementionedabove,peoplehavesympathybuthavenoawareness.Iftheyconcernedaboutmorethingsexceptthoserelatedtothemselves,theywillnoticedoinggoodnessisalsogoodforthem,andforthesocietytheylivein.Asweknow,theworldiscomplicate,andfullofsensation,whichwecannotacceptatonce,thatmakesusdifficulttomakepeoplebeawareofthispoint.Andthiscanexplainwhypeopleinthepastwithlesslivingpressure,arelikelytoshowtheirgoodness.

ThepopularityofALittlePrincessnotonlyattributestoSara’sgoodnessbutalsototheawarenessofgoodnesswehavewhilewereadthebook.WishSarawillbetheprincessinourheartforever;WishmoreandmorepeopletobethelittleprincessSarainreality.（949words）
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