The Goose Girl Themes

In The Goose Girl, Ani has a pretty epic identity crisis, and she spends a big part of the book wondering who she is and what she wants to do with her life—just like the rest of us. The only diff...

Hello. Hola. Ni hao. Hallo. Bonjour. Guten Tag. Ciao. You might already know that we just gave you a bunch of ways to say hello in different languages, but do you know how to say hi in horse or goo...

When Selia claims that royalty is something you've got to earn, it sends a shock down Ani's spine. How dare she—a lady in waiting—tell Ani about how to be a ruler when Ani is her princess? It's...

Without manipulation, there wouldn't really be much of a story to tell in The Goose Girl. Think about it: If Selia couldn't coerce the guards into joining her in her plan to take over the world (or...

In The Goose Girl, everything in nature speaks—from the wind in the trees, to the fire in the palace, to the dead horse over the goose's pen. It's clear that nature and animals have just as much...

If there's one thing we can all agree on about The Goose Girl, it's that Selia is definitely a bad friend to Ani. Not only does she steal Ani's identity, clothes, and life, but she goes one giant s...

The Goose Girl begins with a map (check your inside cover if you don't believe us), so it certainly is concerned with charting new places and things. However, anyone looking for a gung-ho celebrati...

There's no question about it: The Goose Girl is all about power. Where does power come from? And what do people do with it? The biggest struggle in the book is the conflict over royal power in Baye...