I Go By Sea, I Go By Land by P.L. Travers

Eventually, they based Mary Poppins‘ appearance on that of a Dutch doll: tall and bony, with short black hair, large blue eyes, a snub nose, and a prim, pursed mouth. Travers was very firm about Mary Poppins‘ appearance in the novel’s illustrations, working closely with illustrator Mary Shepard to create an image of the character. She is “practically perfect in every way.” – WikipediaĪuthor P. She is kind towards the children but can be firm when needed. She is usually identifiable by her sensible hat and parrot umbrella which she brings with her wherever she goes on outings. Banks.Ī quintessential English nanny, Mary Poppins is a slightly stern but caring woman, who uses magic and self-control to take care of the Banks children.

Travers, “ Mary Poppins” is a magical series of eight books, about nanny Mary Poppins, who in and out by a window, to fix the haphazard things and to save a father, Mr.

This imagination is magic.īy the British author, P.L. To save her father from all bitter experiences, the little princess made up something in her mind by her own imagination that can fix the things her father promise to her to be fixed. Second, she’ll love her father forever, whatever her father is, it doesn’t matter.ĭuring recall the memories from the past, sweet memories come along with bitter ones. Instead of giving a promise to their little princess that they’ll fix everything, some fathers left silently keep behind all the things unfixed, to the land from where nobody returns.Ī girl, once beloved deeply by her father can’t deny two realities:įirst, her father is not like what she thinks about him and In our real life, some of our beloved fathers, whom we dreamed of becoming like themselves, are not really like what we think about they are! Some of them are the failure in family life badly. As a result, when fathers suggest their little girl, “don’t you ever stop dreaming”, “you can be anyone you want to be”, their little princess answer, out of a deep love mixed with a deeper belief for their beloved father, “ I want to be just like you”.īut who can deny reality? Even a very little child can’t do it. To her Highness little princess, the fathers are a very wise person, a hero or a superhero who can do everything. This is a story about a daughter’s love for her father, a movie about Walt Disney and Mary Poppins. Daughters are their little princess and playmates.

This is a universal truth that fathers have a very special relationship with their daughters.

I Go By Sea, I Go By Land by P.L. Travers