Response to Mary Poppins

             What would you do if it was you and your sibling that had a mean father and a nanny that just quit her job? Then you write a letter on how you want your new nanny and your father hates it. He wants the complete opposite. You want nice and he wants discipline. Although this is what happens in the story “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers this was still a great story.

            With all the many characters the main ones are Bert the chimney sweep, Mary Poppins the nanny, Michael the son, Jane the daughter, and Mr. Banks the father. Bert is a man that does a lot of things like be a one man marching band, a chimney sweep, and he draws pictures on the side walk. Michael and Jane do almost everything together like run away from the previous nanny. Mr. Banks is a very mean father that wants his children steered right. He wanted a mean and firm nanny that won’t quit from anything.  While there are all these characters the main one is Mary Poppins.

            Mary Poppins is a very magical person that can clean an area with the snap on her fingers.  All she has to do to clean the area is look at the messy part and snap he fingers and it cleans its self. She has a duffel bag that is a never ending pit. She has all she needs in it. She can jump into a picture and then she is part of the picture. The mode of literature is comedy.

            The mode is romance because the characteristics are good is strong and the good person in the story is Mary Poppins. Evil is laughable and weak, the evil person is Mr. Banks. The other evil people are the bankers that want nothing but people to put their money in the bank. Some of the symbolism are the story was in the spring, there is dogs, they were in the park, and there were doves. It fits on the plotline because it is a minor conflict that the first nanny leaves. And it is a life symbolism because Mary Poppins comes to help.

            That is how the story of “Mary Poppins” goes.  Mary Poppins is a classic tale of how families come together in the end. The children are running loose, with a father that only wants the best for them, but is going about it the strict way, and the kids are acting out. Mary gives the children what the father is asking of her, and at the same time letting the kids be kids.