Honoring My Selected Author for Project Paper

Hans Christian Andersen’s life is so much reflected in his tales and stories. Hence, they provide a real learning experience for the students. The best way to describe his works is “short but meaningful”. I believe that Hans Christian Andersen’s stories are authentic powerful ones because they are illustrated from his perception of life. His endurance from such hardships during childhood should be a motivation for the others. With this, let me share with you a short account of how the famous Andersen gained his name. Just like him, many of his tales illustrate characters who gain happiness in life after suffering and conflicts.
Hans Christian Andersen led a unpromising childhood life; beginning with the fact that he was born in the slums of Odense. His father, Hans Andersen, was a literate poor shoemaker who believed that he was of aristocratic origin. Andersen's mother, Anne Marie , worked as washerwoman. Although she was uneducated and superstitious, she introduced the world of folklore to her son. Anne Marie died of alcoholism in 1833 in an old folks home. She is so much reflected in the story 'Hun duede ikke'. Andersen's half-sister Karen Marie is believed to work as a prostitute for some time; however, she contacted her famous brother only a few times before dying in 1846. Andersen received little education and he suffers all kinds of fears and humiliations because of his tallness and effeminate interests. Besides, his few attacks of cramps were falsely diagnosed as epileptic fits.
Andersen’s keen interest in tales and short stories was derived from his parents’ support. Besides having a mistress of tales as a mother; his father cheered for him through their short time together before he passed away in 1816.
"My father gratified me in all my wishes, I possessed his whole heart; he lived for me. On Sundays, he made me perspective glasses, theatres, and pictures which could be changed; he read to me from Holberg's plays and the Arabian Tales; it was only in such moments as these that I can remember to have seen him really cheerful, for he never felt himself happy in his life and as a handicrafts-man."
The True Story of My Life (1846)
After his father died, he moved to Copenhagen at the age of 14 to start a career as a singer, dancer or an actor - he had a beautiful soprano voice. He lived a hard life for the following three years although he found supporters who paved his way to the theatre. After making it through the Royal Theater, he had to leave it when his voice began to change. Then, Andersen was awakened to his passion of writing.