Marry Poppins

On a windy day when nothing is going right for children Jane and Michael Banks, a woman named Marry Poppins comes floating out of the sky. Umbrella in hand, and ready to be the nanny for Jane and Michael she walks in the house and gets the job. In the wonderful tale of “Marry Poppins” by PL Travers, an amazing nanny takes a visit to the Banks’ house to show the family the importance of spending quality time with each other.


“Marry Poppins” is a romance type of literature. It starts out with a minor conflict then ends with life symbolism. The minor conflict is the Banks’ family trying to find a nanny. That nanny ends up being the magical and wonderful Marry Poppins. Then it ends happily with life symbolism, Mr. Banks (the dad) realizes that he has been putting his job first, instead of the children and his wife.


Except for a couple, most scenes in this movie prove that “Marry Poppins” is a romance. It is unrealistic, but being that way it can also help you escape from reality. This is another characteristic of a romance. If you think about it, it’s kind of impossible to jump in a chalk drawing, unless you’re with Marry Poppins of course. Plus, what family would be able to tolerate getting into a position of their house a couple times a day just to make sure nothing breaks. I know I wouldn’t.


Seeing that “Marry Poppins” is a romance type of literature, it is easy to pick out the symbolism in it. The fancy and luxurious house, and the doves that fly by the old lady outside the church. As you can tell romance stories are probably going to be pretty and fragile, but in this story, that doesn’t seem to follow through in some scenes. For example when Bert shows Marry and the children their “step in time” dance. Despite the fact that everyone is dirty from the chimneys, it’s the house that they should be worried about. When Mr. Banks gets home all the filthy chimney sweepers are running around the house dancing and singing and soiling the fancy house.



“Marry Poppins” is great movie that everyone and anyone should watch. It’s happy and meaningful and most definitely a romance. Throughout the story there are happy times and sad, times but overall, Jane and Michael Banks end up being pretty satisfied. In the end Marry does leave, but they do not need her anymore, the family is as happy and as close together as ever.