The Selfish Giant by Charlotte Kwanmas

Character traits

darrenreison2 — 2024-01-22 03:51:43 UTC

The Selfish Giant is very selfish and rude. He does not allow children to play in his garden and puts up a sign to keep them out. He is also very possessive of his garden and does not allow anyone to enter. One day, the giant hears the birds singing and realizes that he has been cruel to the children.

Features

darrenreison2 — 2024-01-22 03:53:15 UTC

The fable has playful characters, a magical setting, and a moral component. These are the following features that match:

Written in a simple style
Written to entertain
Contains a moral lesson
Written for children but contains deeper ideas that appeal to adults
Contains fantasy elements
Characters named for what they are (Selfish Giant, Spring, Winter, etc.)
The ending reveals the moral message

Moral Lessons

charlottekwanmas1_1 — 2024-01-22 03:54:23 UTC

The moral of this fable is life is better with generosity and kindness and not selfishness.

Actions

darrenreison2 — 2024-01-22 03:55:13 UTC

he did not let the children play in his garden. He drove them out, then built a high wall around his garden and put up a board that read 'Trespassers will be prosecuted

Personification

darrenreison2 — 2024-01-23 06:57:30 UTC

"Trees forgot to blossom"
"The Snow covered the grass with her great white cloak"
"Frost painted all the trees silver"
"He was wrapped in fur"
"So it was always winter there, and the North Wind, and the Snow danced about through the trees"

Personification creates depth by adding human characteristics to inanimate things. In this extract (extract 2), it helps express the giants selfishness by adding dialogue to the seasons. It shows that even the seasons are disgusted by the giants behavior.