Table of Contents
What is the summary of the star-child?
by Oscar Wilde
Members | Reviews | Popularity |
---|---|---|
31 | 1 | 634,467 |
Found in the forest and brought up by a shepherd, an exquisitely beautiful child grows into a cruel and selfish boy. He rejects his true mother and from that moment his beauty forsakes him. |
What kind of a person the star-child grows up to be?
handsome boy
The Woodcutter and his wife treat the Star-Child as one of their own children for the next ten years. The Star-Child grows up to be a handsome boy but he is also very vain. As the son of a star, he believes himself to be superior to everyone else in the village.
What was the final task given to the star-child?
Again, the rabbit shows him where it is, and again, the beggar meets him at the gate, and again, the Star-Child gives him the gold. The sorcerer beats him and chains him up. For the final task, his master tells him that unless he finds the hidden piece of red gold, he will beat him to death.
How did the Star-Child Help the magician?
But the leper entreated him sore, so that the Star-Child had pity on him, and gave him the piece of yellow gold. And when he came to the Magician’s house, the Magician opened to him, and brought him in, and said to him, ‘Hast thou the piece of yellow gold?’
Who is Star Child How does he grow up?
The Woodcutter and his wife treat the Star-Child as one of their own children for the next ten years. The Star-Child grows up to be a handsome boy but he is also very vain. As the son of a star, he believes himself to be superior to everyone else in the village.
How did the Star Child Help the magician?
What is the summary of the Selfish Giant?
It is a story of a young boy who was a messenger of God and a selfish giant. The giant would not allow the children to play in his garden. Thus, there was always winter in his garden. Seeing this young boy, he realized that he was being selfish.
How does Wilde reward the star child?
‘ And the Star-Child said to him, ‘I have in my wallet but one piece of yellow gold, and if I bring it not to my master he will beat me and keep me as his slave. ‘ But the leper entreated him sore, so that the Star-Child had pity on him, and gave him the piece of yellow gold.
What is the baby in 2001 Space Odyssey?
Star Child
David Bowman as a Star Child (as seen in the 2001 film), going through lifecycles just as The Firstborn. The Star Child is what David Bowman becomes after his experience through the Star Gate, in the Jovian system, in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
What is the theme of the story The Selfish Giant?
The central theme of the story is about salvation and saving oneself from the ultimate punishment of a loveless life. The Giant was all alone because he did not show love to others.
What is the main theme of the Selfish Giant?
This theme is illustrated by the main character, a Giant who does not want to share his garden with the children and only wants to enjoy it by himself. The theme of selfishness is suggested from the title, where it is suggested that selfishness has a great part to play in the events.
Why is Hal crazy in 2001?
Chandra discovers that HAL’s crisis was caused by a programming contradiction: he was constructed for “the accurate processing of information without distortion or concealment”, yet his orders, directly from Dr.