The Real Her While reading the story "The Princess and the Pea", Hana does a great job of using irony and confusion for her readers. The story of “Prince” follows the fantasy of marrying not just a princess, but a real princess. There were enough princesses, but none came close to the one he wanted. The author does a good job of laying out the plot and breaking it down into real life relationships. To me this is like a beloved tale. The author creates a truly delusional plot with the prince having trouble finding a wife. The characters were put together very well to explain their importance, with the exception of the king. Where things get complicated is the theme the author sets the tone for. The lack of social structure is perhaps the prince's main problem. Some symbols have been used in history to express the emotions of the royal family. Hans Andersen makes the setting a very interesting scenario. It really makes me feel that certain things in history only happen in a fairy tale or some time when kings and queens were in power. The narrator stated that the prince traveled around the world to find a girl. It seems like this is happening in a time when women weren't out in public as much for a man to literally be anywhere in the world to find a princess. The bigger question is: why is it so difficult to find a princess? I was questioning the word choice where the author said, "He traveled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted." (Andersen paragraph 1.) What exactly is the prince looking for. The requirements for the princess are not stated at the beginning of her journey to find a princess. What's confusing is how and why a princess randomly shows up at her house... middle of paper... between having hope and believing in opportunities that can happen at any moment. The situation in this story is certainly similar to today's society. We tend to have a perfect or dream significant other who is simply impossible to find. Nowadays in our society people, regardless of its men or women, love to degrade people and judge at first base. Not believing a person's words today is easier than trusting someone. Sometimes it seems like we know the truth about someone but are afraid to accept it, perhaps out of jealousy. It's quite hypocritical because we want others to admire us but we don't accept them right away, yet we are the only ones who believe in the truth. Return to the story where the princess admits that she is royal, but her mother still makes her do a task to trust her. Hans Andersen certainly made these points well throughout his story