The central idea is that happiness that can be shared with everyone is real happiness.

The giant was very angry when he saw the children playing in his garden. He built a high wall around the garden to keep the children out.

From then on, the flowers in the garden did not bloom, the birds did not sing, and it was desolate. Spring, summer, and autumn refused to come, and only winter stayed there forever. One day, the children crawled in through the hole in the wall, and spring came with them, and the garden immediately became full of life.

When the giant drove the children out again, the garden was covered with ice and snow again. Later, inspired by the little boy, the giant woke up and immediately demolished the wall. The garden became a paradise for children. The giant lived in the beautiful garden among the children and felt extremely happy.

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Artistic features

Wilde uses heavy themes, unique chapter structure, tempered language and colloquial idioms in this fairy tale. The body expresses its proposition of "art for art's sake" vividly. The dramatic and tragic beauty of fairy tales makes people linger after reading them, allowing people to understand the profound meaning of "the true perfection of a person does not lie in what he has, but in what he is". It also confirms Oscar Wilde's famous saying "Sympathy is the most important thing in the world." good virtue".

The layout of the article is unique: the giant is away, children are playing, the giant is selfish and is not allowed to play, stays in the garden in winter, the giant wakes up, plays with children, and returns to the garden in spring. This peculiar chapter structure fully bears witness to Wilde's view that "form is everything".

The colloquial style, carefully crafted language, concise and precise wording, and the use of metaphors, personifications and symbols in many places make the whole fairy tale filled with a fresh childlike innocence. The writing tone of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales.

Baidu Encyclopedia—The Selfish Giant (Fairy Tale by Oscar Wilde)