



She quickly comes to love life on the mountain and makes friends with Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother, among others. Away from her aunt’s oppression, the little girl’s spirits soar, and her goodness and faith soften the old man’s heart. Nevertheless, Heidi is left with him, and the odd couple-after some initial reluctance on the grandfather’s part-are happy together. He is a bitter old man who has become reclusive and has rejected religion. However, villagers express concern about Heidi living with her grandfather. Dete, who has taken care of Heidi since she was orphaned as a baby, has a new job and can no longer care for the child. The novel opens with Aunt Dete taking her niece, Heidi, to stay with the young girl’s grandfather, a goatherd who lives alone in the Swiss Alps.

Alms Uncle or grandfather who transformed and started attending church and Clara whose determination changed her life. The major characters in the book are Heidi, the child of nature who did her best to showcase the beauty of nature. When she got to the city, she meets new people and got friendly with Clara. As the plot unfolds, her aunt Dete comes back to the mountains and tells her she has gotten a job for her in Frankfurt at Sesemann House. So the swiss orphan finds herself living with a hermit grandfather who stays in a small town called Dorfli. The major plot of Heidi is the conversion of her grandfather after she read him the story of the prodigal son. The author centered the book about her life in the Alps. She enjoys living in the mountain and adores the beauty of nature. She makes friends with Peter, who lives with his blind grandmother. IntroductionĪfter the death of Heidi’s parents, her aunt Dete takes her to the Alps to live with the grandfather. What becomes of her after that brings out the values of family relationships, the healing power of nature, and empathy, which is one of Heidi’s characteristics. The main protagonist of this children’s fiction is Heidi, a little girl who becomes an orphan following the death of her parents. Heidi was written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri.
