For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?
The happy prince sent the sapphires for two people which are named below:
- The young writer across the city
- The match girl: The young writer was trying to complete writing a play for the theatre. It was too cold to write and there was no fire in the grate hunger that made him faint. He sent the sapphire so that he could sell it to the jeweler, buy firewood, and finish his play well. The happy prince then saw a little match girl whose matches had fallen in the gutter and got spoiled. The prince knew that her father would beat her if she did not bring some money to the home. When the swallow slipped the jewel in to the palm of the little girl’s hand, she ran home happily and by laughing.
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
What is Behrman’s masterpiece? What makes Sue say so?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?