Moral Values in the Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde - 4043 Words

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study In our daily lives, we actually have gone through a lot of incident whether it is good or bad. However, we hardly draw the conclusion of the incident we have been through. We might fail to reach something we have been wanting so long, though the thing we desire is well-planned, yet the result is not like what we expect before. The point is that every time we are facing a problem, we should really pay attention and take the message of it. There will always be sort of a lesson in every single difficulty. Not only shall we find in our daily lives, but we could also find it while reading literary works, watching movies and suchlike. Reading literary works has interesting adventure†¦show more content†¦Empathy appears when the sincerity of love comes into ourselves and awakes our sense of mutual care with real action. It is unlikely to help others if there is no such love. In the short story of Happy prince tells about how happy prince, the main character helps some people by giving away all he has, even his sapphire eyes which leave him blind until he has nothing and is no longer admired by the rich men in town. Based on the background which has been presented, the writer is interested in analyzing and deciding to take title â€Å"Moral Lesson revealed in the short story of Happy Prince†. 1.2 The Reasons for Choosing the Problem The writer has got some reasons why the writer wants to analyze this problem. Moral lessons could be obtained either in books, movies or even in our daily activity, but we could find it while we are reading some sort of literary works as well. In fact, there are lots of messages conveyed by the author in fiction work. People sometimes simply enjoy reading novel or watching movies without knowing nothing about the values in it. 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