Pippi Longstocking | Essay & Project Ideas

Pippi Longstocking Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Some critics suggest that Pippi Longstocking is about loneliness. Find examples in the text that illustrate this loneliness. Is the loneliness ever resolved?

2. Find other examples of unconventional characters in literature, such as Huckleberry Finn, and compare them to Pippi Longstocking.

3. Read all three Pippi books. Discuss any growth in her character. In what ways does the character remain unchanged.

4. The exotic character, Pippi, is balanced by her civilized friends, Tommy and Annika. In what other novels can you find examples of an unconventional hero contrasted with a more temperate partner? What purpose does this partnership serve?

5. What other fictional characters are thrown into society and exposed to the effects of civilization? Are the results comic or tragic?