The happy prince

This book mainly tells the story about the happy prince and a swallow. They are the embodiments of the true, the good and the beautiful. In fact, the prince is just a statue standing high above the city. Once he was a happy prince living in the palace of Sans-Souci and he didn’t know what sorrow was. Now as a statue, his body was gilded with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. He could see all the ugliness and all the misery of the city. He sympathized with the sufferings of the poor. The little swallow was going to Egypt to enjoy the warm spring. He was moved by the prince’s kindness. In the story, the prince is a very kind, generous and selfless person. He can devote his life to the poor. He is just like an angel. The story is devided into four parts to show the prince’s devotion “I was a man who stood in symbolic relations to the art and culture of my age,” said Oscar Wilde in that curious literary document, De Profundis. “Few men hold such a position in their own lifetime, and have it so recognized.” What he said is true. Fairytales are not only read by children and I think the reason why many adults like me love fairy-tales is that they give them an opportunity to exam their souls and to revive their sleeping spirituality.