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25 English -- The Selfish Giant

“How happy we were there!” They said to each other.Where does ‘there’ refer to?What do ‘they’ refer to?Why are they saying so?

“How happy we were there!” They said to each other.


  1. Where does ‘there’ refer to?

  2. What do ‘they’ refer to?

  3. Why are they saying so?


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1. "there " refers to the selfish giant's garden.

2. "they" refer to the children who used to play in the selfish giant's garden.

3. they are saying so as they are not allowed to enter and play inside the garden.

More questions on The Selfish Giant

“I have many beautiful flowers,” he said; “but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.”Who is the speaker?Who is he speaking to?Who are the children that the speaker is referring to?Why...

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  1. The selfish giant is the speaker.
  2. He is speaking to himself.
  3. He is referring to the children's who used to play in the garden
  4. He is saying "the children's are the most beautiful flowers of all" as he realized the children are the soul of the garden.

Where did the children use to play?

The children use to play in the selfish giant's garden.

What is the main theme of this story?

The main theme of this story is consequences of selfishness.

 Does God punish those who are cruel to children and very selfish? 

yes, god punish those who are cruel to children and those who are very selfish.

What did Snow and the Frost do to the garden?

The snow-covered up the grass with its white cloak whereas the Frost painted all the trees silver

What did the giant hear when he was lying awake in bed?

The giant heard the mellifluous chirping of a bird when he was lying in his bed.

Why do you think spring season never came to the giant's garden?

The spring season never came to the Giant's Garden because the selfish giant didn't allow the children to enter and play in his Garden.

How did the giant realize his mistake?

He realized his mistake when the children stopped visiting the garden and the garden never experienced the other seasons than winter.

Which figure of speech is used for ‘winter, frost, snow, north wind, hail and little child’? Who is the little child compared to?

Both symbolism and personification are used for "winter, frost, snow, north wind. hail and little child'. The little child is compared to Jesus Christ.

This story can be read like a fairytale, where the children, the seasons, the tree, the corner of the garden, the snow, the wind, and the frost are all used as symbolism. Interpret those symbols.

TM Wilde's story is rich in symbolism. The Giant, the children, the seasons, the tree, the garden, the comer of the garden, the snow, the wind, the frost, and the little boy are the well-noted symbols in the text. In this regard, the Giant symbolizes the obsessive mentality of the humans, as they think they can survive independently on their own and they don't need others. Similarly, the children stand for innocence and love. The garden also reflects the innocence of the children. But with...

Why has the speaker come to the earth

The child can be compared to Jesus, Wilde also has religious background. What differences can you imagine in the story if the author was an atheist?

If the author would be an Atheist then even though he would not give reference about god , as he human he would definitely see the child as the gift of nature who had come to show selfish giant what power the nature holds.

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