https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8 Hans Christian Andersen en-us 2021-10-26 02:43:26 UTC 2024-09-16 14:49:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9a2.png billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843671478 April 2, 1805 • Odense • Denmark]]> 2021-10-26 02:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843671478 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843673414 August 4, 1875 (aged 70) • Copenhagen • Denmark]]> 2021-10-26 02:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843673414 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843677205 Childhood
Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark. His father was a shoemaker, and his mother washed clothes for customers. The family was poor. When Andersen was 11, his father died. At 14, Andersen left his mother and his home. He moved to Copenhagen.
Becoming a writer
The king helped Andersen finish his education. Andersen wanted to be an actor or dancer. He did not have the talent for either. He started to write novels, plays, poems, short stories, and travel books. In 1835, he published four fairy tales that were liked by the readers. After this success, he wanted to write more fairy tales.
Travelling to cure loneliness
Andersen was a sad and lonely man. He travelled all over Europe. He wanted to see the sights. He hoped travelling would make him happier. He always carried a rope with him. He planned to use this rope as a fire escape if needed.
A liver cancer
In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell off of his bed and did not recover. Soon after that, Andersen showed signs of liver cancer. He died on 4 August 1875 from complications following a fall and from liver cancer.]]> 2021-10-26 02:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843677205 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843685844 - 1829: “A Walk from Holmen’s Canal to the East Point of the Island of Amager in the Years 1828 and 1829”), a fantastic tale in the style of the German Romantic writer…]]> 2021-10-26 02:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843685844 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843696984 - 1835: “Tales, Told for Children”]]> 2021-10-26 02:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843696984 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843734809 - Andersen’s fairy tales are not only addressed to children.
- Andersen loved traveling.
- Andersen’s image may have been lost in translation abroad.
- Andersen was dyslexic.
- Andersen was declared a Danish national treasure.
- Some of Andersen’s fairy tales are autobiographical.]]> 2021-10-26 03:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843734809 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843747966 Danish master of the literary fairy tale whose stories achieved wide renown. He is also the author of plays, novels, poems, travel books, and several autobiographies. While many of those works are almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are among the most frequently translated works in all of literary history.]]> 2021-10-26 03:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843747966 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843774071 The protagonist
He looks different to the other ducklings, and runs away to try and find others like him. He felt lonely because he had no friends and he felt scared, rejected, unloved and misunderstood. On his adventures, he learns he is actually a swan and has been beautiful all along.]]> 2021-10-26 03:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843774071 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843776154 The classic nineteenth century fairy tale tells the story of a duckling who, when hatched along with his brothers and sisters, is ridiculed and ostracized because they perceive him as ugly. He wanders alone through the fall and winter, and suffers from fear, loneliness, and sadness. In the spring he flies away from the marsh and meets up with a group of swans, and realizes that he too has become a beautiful swan.]]> 2021-10-26 03:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843776154 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843777929 2021-10-26 03:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843777929 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843778606 2021-10-26 03:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843778606 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843778918 2021-10-26 03:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843778918 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779550 2021-10-26 03:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779550 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779777 2021-10-26 03:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779777 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779905 2021-10-26 03:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843779905 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843788584 “The Ugly Duckling” is a fairy tale with the moral lesson for people to accept themselves for who they truly are. ]]> 2021-10-26 03:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843788584 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843798996 An adoptive mother
She loves all of her family including Ugly, but gets cross when they are naughty.  She loved the ugly duckling no matter what. She was caring and loving towards him and always defended him.]]> 2021-10-26 03:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843798996 billsmickey https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843804986 Bright yellow and a bit mischievous, they don’t want to play with Ugly because he looks different to them.]]> 2021-10-26 03:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/billsmickey/a4760wimloljh6l8/wish/1843804986