Finding Paradise Through Selflessness: Oscar Wilde’s Short Story ‘The Selfish Giant’

Finding Paradise Through Selflessness: Oscar Wilde’s Short Story ‘The Selfish Giant’
The Giant in Oscar Wilde's story learns that selfishness creates a cold world, while selflessness makes anywhere paradise. Project Gutenberg
Kate Vidimos
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In a very selfish world, it can be difficult to be selfless. Selfishness, though appealing and advantageous in many ways, doesn’t bring joy to us or those around us. Only selflessness brings true joy.

In Oscar Wilde’s short story “The Selfish Giant,” the Giant learns that selfishness creates a cold world, while selflessness can make anywhere paradise.
Kate Vidimos
Kate Vidimos
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Kate Vidimos holds a bachelor's in English from the liberal arts college at the University of Dallas and is currently working on finishing and illustrating a children’s book.
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