Ti Moune, as the main character in My Love, My Love, shares some similarity in characteristic with the little mermaid. They are innocent and both have strong will and tenacity in pursuing their love. Although Ti Moune’s first self-glorification in which she thinks she is not as ordinary as the other peasants makes me dislike her at first, her later dauntless and persistent efforts are the elements that make me change to admire her. She has to face so many displeasures and obstacles in order to pursue her own happiness because the story takes place in a world where the hierarchy in the society is so entrenched. Being Sneered and belittled by both the rich and the poor is what Desiree will always encounter in following her dream.
After the young man is taken from Ti Moune by his father, Ti Moune has never given up to find him again, even though her mother opposes her action and some villagers doubts her ability to actually manage to see the young man. After knowing the route and with the encouragement of Toton Julian, Ti Moune starts her journey to Beauxhomme’s hotel. I feel sorry for Ti Moune when she finally arrive at Daniel Beauxhoome’s house after many days and nights’ travel, but still be laughed at by the crowd and refused to enter because of her beggar-like clothes. Her polite words of asking the guards to let her in only gets scorn like “Peasant pig, get back with the scum where you belong” and rude action of being thrown outside the gate, into the crowd. As the only person who does not have shoes, she even becomes the target of public criticism in that crowd, making her can do nothing but to run away. Humiliation does not daunt her, and instead, she grows from it, knowing the fact that she should have decent clothes and shoes in order to gain basic respect. Just like the little mermaid he endures great pain in order to transfer into a better form: for a girl who has never worn shoes, she has to forces her toes together to make them “fit the confinement of the unyielding plastic of the too small shoes” and “every step she took became a new experience in torture”.She withstands the pain and her sacrifice gets payback: the guards even do not recognize her as the previous poor peasant girl. Besides, her patience is admirable. After all these failures of entering the hotel, she knows that she need to use her patience to wait the gods sending Daniel to her. After the peasant girl is announced as the new lady in the family, there are sarcastic remarks about her and her identity as a peasant, but Daniel is the one she only cares about and he is the only one in her eyes so that Desiree does not be bothered by others. Her devotion in the love to the young man is indeed noteworthy and likable.
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