Sara Crewe

Although Sara is an intelligent child, she knows not too much about the real world when she enteres Miss Minchin's school. Having spent a carefree time in India, it is at the Seminary where she learnes that the difference between rich and poor people is reality and not just a story from a book. Becky's fate has makes her think about such things for the first time.

After the tragic death of her father, Sara herself must live in poverty. But the hard life as a scullery-maid of the Seminary reveals Sara's most impressive qualities. Despite the many hardships she has to bear, she manages to keep the right spirit and she is firm in her belief that you can survive everything if you only try hard enough. The way her fight is held in the series is a bit different than in the original novel. The novel is mainly focused on Sara's imagination, her fancy to "pretend" things. She especially likes pretending to be a princess; the thought helps her to bear her life. In the anime, Sara does not pretend to be a princess. It is just her character and her ability to make up stories that make people think she is a like a princess and they are probably right. The Sara from the anime has got a very strong will. The help of her friends (old and new ones) and her intention to never give up hope give her the strength to survive.

 Sara's thoughts are occupied mostly by her own fate of course. But gradually she begins to understand that there are other poor people and plenty of them. Near the end of the series Sara finally has got an impression how people live and work in the poor man's quarters of London. And after everything is over little is left of the naive, little Sara who once came from India to England.

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