A Book Report on The happy prince

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A Book Report onThe happy prince
The Happy Prince is a moving and provoking tale about love and sacrifice.
The language of the story is both extremely beautiful and sad. This book attracts
many readers with exquisite languageand vivid characters.
Happy Prince is written by Oscar Wilde who is English writer and poet. He
represents for aestheticism. He has many distinguished works including Lady
Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance.Oscar Wilde is an outstanding
aesthete. He emphasizes human’s soul and body should be combined into one.
You are only beautiful when you have a beautiful soul. Nothing in the world is
more beautiful than a kind heart. So the happy prince and the swallow are the
representatives of real beauty.
The story is about a prince lived in the palace all his life and didn’t know
the hardships outside. When he was dead, his statue stood in the center of the
square so that he could see the hardships. A Swallow passed by on his way to
Egypt to avoid the winter. He asked Swallow to bring the fine gold of his body to
the poor. As result, the prince became quite dull and grey. And Swallow was not
willing to leave the prince; He was dead in the foot of the statue because of cold
finally.
Little Prince brings us a beautiful feast. At the same time, he inspires us to
think the moral.In the story, many contrasts are used. At first, the statue of the
prince was admired by many people, especially the councilor. But at last, when
the statue became shabby, it was mercilessly pulled down by people. He praised
the kindness, selflessness of the prince and satirized the indifference and
selfishness of the the mayor and the queen’s maids-of-honor.The author also
compared the poor to the rich. It reflected the society of the time. The poor
worked hard, but they lived a hard life. The rich always bled people and enjoyed
themselves.
After reading this story, I think the happy prince and the little swallow are
great, because they helped other people, and they got the real happy. Children in
the story said:” He looks like an angel.” I think that he isn't the real angel, but he
is as kind as an angel. What's the real happy? It isn't the expensive jewellery,
beautiful dress or too much money, I think when you help other people, and you
could feel happy. What can I do for other people? I will try to help other people
in my life.