A-Z Characters Who DON'T Transform: Thumbelina

My current A-Z lost tackles characters who transform, internally or externally. I have also tackled what doesn't constitute transformation. Although Alice in Wonderland undergoes a transformation in location and even to her person, the changes don't constitute a transformation in the sense that her life moves forward from a new perspective, through a new choice, or by a new set of expectations. 

Thumbelina falls into the same category. For one, it is an Hans Christian Andersen tale and has a tone/theme typical of Andersen, which means it barely escapes evoking a skin-crawling sensation: poor victimized Thumbelina who barely escapes being married to an ugly mole. Luckily, a beautiful soulful bird and then a prince come along.

The other similarity is that Thumbelina doesn't transform, not even like another of Andersen's characters, the Ugly Duckling. How Thumbelina is perceived changes. Her circumstances change. But everything is mostly chance or luck. 

Transformation, even external, is more organic. You here. Now you are here doesn't constitute transformation.