Pipi Longstocking Characters

Many of the greatest novels have had dynamic main characters that have slowly evolved into their final product right before our eyes. We have seen this in the Harry Potter Series, The Hunger Games, and many more. But when we look at the novel Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindren, it appears that the main character named Pippi doesn’t change at all. The story tells stories of Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annika. In these stories Pippi continuously does things completely differently than everyone else. Initially, when you look back at all these episodes throughout the book, it seems that she is a static character and there isn’t much change. I will argue that throughout the novel, Pippi Longstocking is a dynamic character due to her development in both her emotional and mental state.
First off, I will talk about Pippi’s unique characteristics and how they differ from the society she lived in. In the
In the article “Pippi Longstocking: The Autonomous Child and The Moral Logic of the Swedish State” talks about how the individualistic style of Sweden and how it relates to Pippi. The article stated “What makes Pippi such a remarkable character is not that she’s an unruly enfant terrible … but that she doesn’t need anybody else, not even parental love and care. She is totally self-sufficient with her chest of gold and superhuman strength.”. In our class discussion we also talked about how Pippi did not change throughout the novel. Although this statement is true and there was validity behind our discussion about Pippi, I argue that she starts to become less self sufficient as the story continues. We experienced this in the novel when Pippi was invited to the Coffee Party with all the women. Initially Pippi was afraid to go to the party because she feared she couldn’t behave, but with motivation from her friends Tommy and Annika she built up the courage to