Pollyanna was originally written for children and young adults but was quickly loved by adults everywhere. It is a joyful novel despite its tragedies and pains. Pollyanna placed Eleanor Porter, its author, among the immortal writers and has held an unchanging place in the lists of the most important translated novels. The book Pollyanna was adapted into several films, the most famous of which was the Disney film produced in 1960, and it was also adapted into a Japanese cartoon series loved by children around the world.
There is something that can make you happy if you look for it; this is the essence of the Glad Game and Pollyanna's creed, the novel published in 1913, which achieved tremendous success, prompting Eleanor Porter to follow it with a second part in 1915. Indeed, the Glad Game and its protagonist encouraged other writers to publish a series known as "The Glad Book." A statue of Pollyanna was erected in front of the public library in Littleton, New Hampshire.
Since 1921, Pollyanna has entered a number of famous dictionaries such as Oxford, Cambridge, and Collins to become a description for an excessively optimistic and happy person.
Happiness has remained an urgent demand for humans throughout the ages, and they have tried to study and understand it, formulating theories, linking it to pleasure at times and goodness at others. Specialized ministries were established for it - in some countries - and in all of this are different forms of "the pursuit of happiness."
But Pollyanna did not need any of that, for she learned at an early age to find her happiness in the smallest and simplest things, and she persisted in finding something to make her happy in the most difficult and impactful situations. Pollyanna did not deny the existence of things that cause pain and distress in life, but what harm would it do if we faced that with some joy? The path to happiness begins with "Pollyanna."