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Thesis statement
Bùi Lê Huỳnh
The most happiness is shown that the swallow volunteer to be the eyes of
the prince, stayed with him and done what he comment. At first, the Swallow does
not want to do what Happy Prince commands because he thinks that he was late
six weeks to Egypt and he will be happy when flying up and down the Nile,
talking to the large lotus flowers, sleeping in the tomb of the great King… After
the Swallow agrees to help Happy Prince bring the ruby, and helps the boy by
fanning the boy's forehead with his wings even he doesn’t like boys. He feels quite
warm now, although it is so cold. I thinks that is happy and the Swallow has just
realized something new that is not be define now, but may be happy. The second
night, the Swallow still doesn’t want to help Happy Prince because he will be
happy when he flies up to the Second Cataract, watches the stars… The Swallow
doesn’t feel like the first day. I think because the Swallow does as Happy Prince
commands. The third night, the Swallow must go to Egypt, because it is winter but
the Swallow still does as Happy Prince commands. I think he will not happy here
when do as Happy Prince commands, but something is changing in the Swallow
because the Swallow decides to stay with Happy Prince always. The Swallow
wants to be the eyes of Happy Prince, and he tells a lot of interested things such as
the Nile, the Sphinx, the King of the Mountains of the Moon… He thinks it will
make Happy Prince happy, but Happy Prince wants to know about the suffering of
men and of women. So the Swallow flies over the great city and so a lot of things
more marvellous. At this time, the Swallow volunteers to do what Happy Prince
commands, and he tries to do the best because he have not much time. The more
he helps the happier he gets. The Swallow does not want to fly to Egypt now, and
does not want to fly up and down the Nile, watch the stars, or catch gold fish…It
now are not the happiness of the Swallow. He stays with Happy Prince and finds
that he is happy in here. He does many things that never has he done before. I
think he thinks it does not know about the suffering of men and of women, when
the Swallow realizes the suffering. He volunteers to help the poor, sharing the
difficulties with them. It must be the most happiness of the Swallow because the
Swallow abandons to fly to Egypt where a lot of things will make he feels happy,
but he stay with Happy Prince and do what he commands even if he does like to
do such as he does not like the boys, he will be death here if stay any longer. At
last the Swallow go to the House of Death, but he still not regret about what he
does because he can leave when the weather get colder but he does not, and that
must the most happiness of the Swallow.
Vũ Thị Bích Hà
In our life, people get happiness in different ways. For some people,
happiness comes from having stable jobs with high salary, or ideal sweetheart, and
others achieve happiness when they overcome challenges in their life, and so on. It
is happiness that impacts every facet in their life, so happy people are generally
more productive and more successful. In my point of view, the real meaning of
happiness is enjoying simple bliss of life every day, bringing happiness to
everyone around, and making an effort to pursue goals. And in "The Happy
Prince" true happiness is the prince's palace live on “When I was alive and had a
human heart, I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the palace, where
sorrow is not allowed to enter. In the day time I played with my companions in
the garden, and in the evening I led the dance in the great hall”. And when he
ended the lives of everyone he has been honored as king and see him happy,
evidenced by the wall of gold happy prince erected in the city and majestic praise
to the people. Covered with gold on his eyes made of rubies he shall also have
sword he wore attached ruby. Everybody who look up to admire the statue and a
floating population in cities with the child uttered a solid ” Why can’t you be like
the happy prince? Asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the
moon.” The happy prince never dreams of crying for anything”. In the eyes of
people happy prince statue is admired . By using the method of personification
author of the statue as a real image through the King statue in tears. “ One drop
fell” and “ then another drop fell” and “ a third drop fell, and he looked up, and
saw”. Is he truly happy? That is the question the reader will put out, the fact that
he is not happy, happiness, happiness is referred to earlier when he was alive
longer as moderate as he stood statue is seen countless people suffering, but he did
not can help them, he knew only watched them helpless. until small swallow
appears. Swallow appeared as messengers of happy prince. And through the story
the author's use of personification swallow talk to the statue. Swallow is going to
be happy to fly to Egypt and enjoy the warmth but word of the prince felt energy.
“ Swallow, swallow, swallow, will you not stay with me for one night, and be my
messenger ?the boy is so thirsty, and the mother so sad” and “the swallow picked
out the great ruby from the prince sword”. In the past, when he was alive, he is a
selfish prince who seeks only to give and receive pleasure. He shut himself in his
palace from those who really need his help. Live in upper class, he never looked
down lower class to see what life they led, what difficulties they had in, what
kinds of dreams that they wish for and what they are suffering. Now after his
death, when people built it high above the mast, he had a chance to see the pain,
sorrow, suffering, poverty, ugliness and suffering of the poor and poor people
around. His heart was full of pity led, love and compassion. But it was too late.
How he can help others while he can not move and no power? Contrary to the
past, although he was a young prince and a powerful and easy to use their rights to
help the poor, he never let them take care of those who lived outside the palace.
Now, he is a statue and he has no way to help the poor but gradually losing
precious jewelry, beauty of their sacrifices. All his actions are worth the costs you
pay for being selfish and neglected duty of care to the poor. When you buy one, all
his actions deserve to repair his bad behavior and compensate for its wrong
doings. The Happy Prince doing everything he can to help the poor, thus helping
him find true happiness. worthy of his actions make him realize what happiness
really is and he is willing to share real happiness with the poor even if he must
sacrifice all of the property value. worthy of his actions earned him a place in
Heaven. It is a reward in exchange for what he did. In conclusion, the real
meaning of happiness is enjoying simple bliss of life everyday, bringing happiness
to everyone around, and making an effort to pursue goals. Happiness is in our
hand if we really know how to make our life bright, and beautiful. In addition,
happiness always exists around us, and it is significant whether we can recognize
its presence or not. In life, we always hope happiness
Thái Lê Thanh Thủy
The happiness is also shown though the action that the prince require the
swallow stay with him one night to bring the sapphires to the young man in a
garret and the match-girl. Happy Prince is a beautiful statue, he accepts to blind to
help the poor to have a happy and sufficient life. When he was a young and
powerful prince, he never cared for them who just lived outside his palace, he live
in rich and enjoy happy with sufficient life in palace. Now, he is a statue and he
has no way to help the poor but gradually take off valuable jewels, ruby,
sapphires…with helping of the swallow. The happiness is shown though the action
that the Prince don’t beg but require the swallow stay with him more one night to
bring the sapphires to the young man in a garret an the match-girl. At this time, the
Happy Prince can share difficulty with the poor and help them escape from hunger
and coldness easier because of volunteer of the swallow. Before, great sacrifice of
Prince, the swallow see his kindness when Prince sacrifice his eyes and accept to
blind to bring happy for the poor. The swallow can’t take his eyes but it delays his
migration in order to decide to stay with Prince forever and ready help Prince to
bring two sapphires for a young man and match-girl. Now, helping and sharing
the difficulty with the poor from accepting cold winter of the swallow as well as
sacrifice the valuable things that bring happiness for the poor. They can buy the
food and do what they desire and have a sufficient life make Prince realize it’s real
happiness even though he lost valuable possessions. When the poor don’t feel
hungry and live a comfortable life, the Prince also feel real happiness. They don’t
worry about what trouble they are in, what misery they are suffering that he is
willing to share with the poor. The story ends and leaves behind a feeling of
happiness. Although the Happy Prince is no longer a beautiful work of art but a
grey statue, he is now enjoying real happiness in return for his worthy actions in
the Heaven.
Trần Như Phượng
There are some poverty need the help, and they appear in the vision of the
Prince make he have to be touched with pity. The little matching-girl is standing in
the square, this place fall into the view of the Prince. In the severe cold of winter,
she has no shoes or stocking even nothing to wear in her little head. What a pitiful
girl! She is crying because she has no money and once she comes home, her father
will beat her. That day maybe was one of misfortune day of the little girl. She cries
more enough to get attention of the Prince, and so he feels compassion for her
circumstances. The Prince make a brave decision when he asked the swallow help
him to pluck out jewel from his other eye. The Prince had a life full of happiness
and it is too happiness that he did not know the difficulty of the people around
him. He was really like a blind when he lived. And now he feels so sorry to his
citizen, he would compensate them for helping some worth jewel. However, the
Prince now only have the jewel in one eye, so he would rather become a blind than
see the pitiful girl appearing in his view. But the swallow denies to help him
because it is afraid of the Happy Prince will be blind. “Do as I command you” the
Prince said to the swallow with strongly determined without any hesitation. His
voice has both a command and an imploration that persuade the swallow help him
right away. The swallow feels great admiration for the Happy Prince’s action, then
he plucked out the Prince’s other eye and brings it to the little girl. The little girl is
still crying now, but her tears full of happiness. She cried because she has jewel to
give her father and she can come home right away. Although the Happy Prince is a
blind now, but he can hear the sound around him. He can hear the girl crying when
she catches the jewel from the swallow. He can hear the girl’s tear – the happy tear
– drop down, and then he can hear the girl laughing. She laughs with numberless
happiness. With all the sounds from the girl that the Prince heard, the feeling of
doing a meaningful thing makes him full of happiness. Now he can share some
difficulties to the little match-girl, one of his citizens. The action of Happy Prince
shows him a thing that he never knows before, it is “helping and sharing the
difficulty with the poor is happier than seeing”.