The power of sharing and sacrificing one's own happiness for the wellbeing of others is the most obvious moral lesson that the "The selfish giant" tries to hammer inside the minds of children. This short story is contained in the book "The happy prince and other
selfishness, forgiveness and redemption. This fascinating and thrilling tale revolves around a giant who was extremely selfish and he lived in a very beautiful and breathtaking garden. At one time, the giant decided to visit his old friend and left the garden unattended for close to seven years.
This made the children around the garden to become ecstatic and
years. In fact, this children would play in the giant's garden for almost everyday and this place soon evolved to become their topmost source of happiness. However, this joy was cut short on the giant's return who immediately chased out the children out of his garden and closed it altogether. As it happens, this selfish trait resulted in Mother Nature turning on the giant such that the seasons kept away from the garden and only winter prevailed throughout the year.
There are numerous lessons that can be drawn from this short story with one of them being the power of forgiveness and friendship. The Iatter is seen through the relationship of the children and the giant where the little kids fear him and only decide to play in his garden when he goes away. It is after his return that the bond of friendship
the giant closes the garden.
This makes him rethink his behavior and he starts to talk to the children until it reaches a point where both parties begin to see the
the giant's attitude who begins to become generous and kind to the children as he sees that this makes them happy.
This lesson applies to many contexts in the real world where people
other people's happiness. This situation can be visualized in the numerous times people have gone hungry or died due to a catastrophe whilst some members in society had the ability to salvage the situation. "The selfish giant" tries to educate the young readers that there is no benefit in being selfish or egocentric because it only results in negative things. The same way that closing the garden resulted in a prolonged winter season is the same way that being selfish attracts negative energy
"The selfish giant" is a powerful short story that tries to condemn this behavior by showing the disastrous consequences it brings to the
lives of small innocent children and the giant's garden. The fact that the garden stopped enjoying the beautiful seasons of summer and spring shows that being selfish only results in bad and negative things. This short story demonstrates the power of having a forgiving and friendly heart because all the bad things were able to change after the selfish giant transformed from his wicked ways and strove to make people around him happy.
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