The Happy Prince

The name of the author: Oscar Wilde

The teacher name: Irit Merhav

My name: Adva Hakimian

A summary of the book :

The happy prince is a story about a prince who lived a happy rich life in a big palace. After the prine died he become to a statue on a mountain and he saw all the poor people in his town. One day a swallow came to rest on the statue. The prince told her to take all the gold and jewels from him and to help the poor people in his town. The swallow did this but sadenlly she died, because her body can not do this anymore. Her body throw to the trash. On the mountian the happy prince was naked because the swallow took from him all to help the poor people. The people in his town decided to burn his budy but his broken hurt can not burn so they decided to throw him to the trash and there the swallow and him meet in the paradise.

Summary of the characters :

The Happy Prince – A prince who lived a happy rich life, when he died he become a statue who builed from gold and he see all the poor people in his town and decided to help them with the gold on his body, the swallow help him to do this and one day the people in his town burn him and he meet with the swallow on paradise.

The swallow – A little swallow that came to rest near the statue of te happy prince and meet the happy prince, she helped him to help the rich people in his ton, and then she died and she meet with the happy prince on paradise.

The poor people – The people in the happy prince town, these peopls are poor and the happy prince tried to help them with his gold and jewels in his statue.

Questions about the book :

What was the most interesting part of the book? add a quote

The most intersting part was the parts that the prince halp to the poor people in his town, it was intersting to see how he help them and what he did to help hen. It was intersting also beacuse it was nice to see how he give from him and from his body to the poor people in the town. The quote: “.. so the swallow plucked out the prince’s eye, and flew away to the student’s garret” – One good thing that the happy prind did to the poor people in his town.

Did you like the ending of the book? Why?

Yes, I like the eanding of the book beacuse the eanding was beautiful and he was like closure between the swallow and the happy prince when they meet at paradise. I like the eanding.

A different ending to the book :

The broken heart of he prince throw to the trash, and he and the swallow mee at paradise. One day his broken heart ill and he become alive, but the swallow was still dead. the happy prince went back to his town and see that the things there become wrose then ever. There was many poor people, almost all the people in town was poor. He knew that he can not do anything to help them without the swallow, but the swallow died. The happy prince did not knew what to do, but then he had an idea. The idea was to give to the swallow his soul, his heart and then the swallow will be alive and the happy prince will be dead instead of her. He decided to go to the trash, found the swallow and aive her his heart.

He did it and after a lot of searches he found the swallow body. He take his heart, give him to the swallow and tell her to save to town and help to the poor people, and then he died. The swallow cried but then she did all of what he asked from her to do and now the town is happy, thanks to the happy prince and the swallow.

A summary of my feeling when I read the book :

How did you like reading the book?

I like reading the book beacuse he was intersting and nice book. He did not was long book and also not short book, he was funny and I very liked to read him.

How did you like working on the digitgal book?

I like to working on the digital book. In the beaging it was hard to work on the website but after a while I learn how to work in him and it was easy and nice.

Song about the story :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7yEoISjXw

I choose this song beacuse he is about the story, he is tel all the story and what happend on him. He outline the story very good, that when someone sound this song he is understand the story very good until he did not need to read the book beacuse all the details on the song. This is the reason that I choose this song.