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Have you ever had something you loved so much you didn't want to share it with anyone else? Sometimes it's hard, but we all know how important it is to share. The importance of sharing is one of the lessons in Oscar Wilde's fairy tale 'The Selfish Giant.' The story's action mostly takes place in the Giant's garden after he's returned home from a seven-year visit to his friend, an ogre. On his return, the Giant is reluctant to share his prized garden with anyone else. But one little boy helps to change the Giant's mind and the Giant learns how much more he enjoys his garden when others play in it with him.
Though Wilde's tale is short, there are several characters. In this lesson, we'll concentrate on the two main characters, but we'll also take a quick look at how Wilde makes nonhuman characters.
The Giant
The main character is the Giant. At first, the Giant is what you might expect from a fairy tale giant: he doesn't spend a lot of time talking, he's rude, and he wants everything his way. As Wilde tells us, this is a 'very selfish Giant.' So selfish that he builds a wall around his beautiful garden, and hangs a sign on the wall that says 'Trespassers will be prosecuted' to keep the neighborhood children from playing there.
Even at the beginning, though, there are signs the Giant maybe isn't what he seems. He's obviously handy since he was able to build the fence around his garden. But he also seems to appreciate beauty. After all, he loves his garden because it's beautiful. He's also sad when the seasons don't change and all he gets to see is snow instead of blooming flowers. This love of beautiful things is also clear when he gets excited about hearing a bird chirping, which sounds to him like 'lovely music.'
Once the Giant's 'heart melted,' he goes through a total turn-around. He tells the children it's 'your garden now,' and uses his strength to knock down the wall he built. He invites the children over anytime they want, and he even joins in playing in the garden with the children. Even when he gets too old to play himself, his favorite thing to do is watch children enjoy his garden.