"Mary Poppins"

Things were not going well for Mr. Banks. His two children had run away, again. He was thinking of hiring a new nanny because the old one was sick of the kids running away, and she had quit. Little did he know, his children were about to have an exciting journey. While the new nannies were waiting outside, a big gust of wind blew, and they all ‘magically’ blew away. Then, out of nowhere, Mary Poppins came, flying and holding an umbrella. That is highly doubtful, and that explains why it could be either irony or romance, because those are the only two plot lines with characteristics of, “highly unrealistic.” The movie is not scary, though, so it must be a romance story.

In the beginning of the movie, it already has reasons of why it would be unrealistic. First of all, she came, flying. That is completely impossible, unless there are very, VERY mighty winds, or if you’re on an airplane! Then, Mary and the kids clean a whole room in 5 minutes by snapping and singing! Boy, don’t we wish we could do that. It is not possible to snap and something then gets put away. Mary then takes the kids out to the park, and that’s where they meet Bert, a Chimney Sweep. Bert was at the park because he draws amazing pictures with chalk, there. As they were looking at the pictures, the little girl said, “I wish I could go there!” And with that, Mary Poppins used her ‘magic’ to make them all jump into the picture. They stayed and played there for a while, but then it started to rain, and they were teleported out of the drawing. That is highly unrealistic; as we could never, EVER jump into a drawing! The next day, they went to Mary’s uncle’s house, because he had an alcohol problem. When they got there, he was laughing so hard, that he had floated to the ceiling! They had a tea party on the ceiling, because none of them could stop laughing and they couldn’t come down! Later in that story, Bert, Mary, and the kids were all jumping on chimneys when they came to an end, and so they rode a cloud of smoke? Ha! None of things are possible.

Most of the scenery and such matched the romance scenario. The house was a big, luxurious home, not including the fact that their neighbor had such a boat obsession, that he turned the roof into his own top of a ship! He fired cannons and everything! Anyway, the sky was most of the times a silver kind of color, and mostly all of the trees were evergreens. There were some doves, and while they were in the picture, there was a rainbow. Also, most of the story took place in the mornings. It looked as if it was spring, everyone wearing light coats, and there was no snow. That is something that points out that this story is romance.

Also, the story follows the romance theme very well. The minor conflict is that the kids drove away yet another nanny. And through the course of the story, their lives get better. That is the life symbolism, because the ending was a little more realistic than the rest of the story. The main character (Mary Poppins) can do no wrong and the evil (Mr. Banks) is weak and laughable. Most things in this story are better than they are in real life, like walking on smoke clouds, being able to jump into drawings, jumping along the rooftops, or even dancing with penguins. The story is very much so a fantasy vision, because the majority of it is things that we wish we could do but can’t.

This clearly states why this story is a romance story. There are very many facts to prove it and It makes a LOT of sense! Therefore, the story is a romance! I think it all matches very well!