No one is an island, every book is a world.
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The Selfish Giant is a fairy tale written by Wilde.
The giant had a large garden, and in the years he left home, the garden became a paradise for the children. But the giant was very angry when he returned, and he felt that it was his private garden, which he should enjoy himself and not share it with outsiders.
He chased the children away, and there was no more laughter in the garden. Spring no longer patronized the garden, and the giants felt bored and bored.
When he found out that there were children there and that spring would come in, he decided to tear down the walls and let the children in, and let the spring in. The giant played with the children in the garden, and he opened his heart and reaped the joy.
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Some people say that giants are not selfish. It was his own garden, and what was wrong with him not wanting anyone else to come in?
Judging from the current materialism, there is really nothing wrong with what the giants did at the beginning. However, he lost the fruits of spring and autumn, and could only accompany the harsh winter every day. He had no friends, no joy, no one to play with.
Only by knowing how to share can we have happiness, and only by not enclosing ourselves in our own world can we be accommodated by the world. I think that's what Wilde wants to tell us.
Of course, you can also keep your wealth and close yourself in your own world, then your life will henceforth have no connection with happiness.
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No one in this world will be an island. Everyone needs to be connected to the outside world, someone to share their joys and sorrows, someone to understand and accompany.
Fickley, the protagonist of "The Island Bookstore," once ran a lifeless bookstore on an isolated island. After a series of blows such as the death of his beloved wife, the bookstore crisis, and the theft of his treasure, he almost collapsed.
It wasn't until a mysterious baby girl appeared in his bookstore that his life began to have a series of connections with the outside world, and he also regained his love and enthusiasm for life.
When you close the door of your heart, your whole world is gray and lifeless. Only when you open your heart can you feel happiness and the colors of life.
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In life, there are always some people who like to start only from their own immediate interests when considering problems, they are afraid that they have even a little loss, in order not to let others take advantage of themselves, they would rather close themselves off and not have contact with the outside world.
Understood in a narrow sense, this may not be called selfish. But if we understand it in a broad sense, this is not selfishness and what is it? When you think only of yourself and only think of the immediate interests, it is a kind of selfishness.
The interaction between people is to establish a balance between continuous giving and returning, and to feel warm and happy. If you don't want to give anything for others, then you must not enjoy the efforts of others, and in the long run, your heart will become an island, and you will lose the ability to be happy.
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I remember when I first read "The Little Prince", I used to feel depressed and depressed for the environment in which the little prince first lived. What kind of place it was, there were no other inhabitants, no one communicating, no one understanding. The only thing that accompanies him is a rose. Therefore, the little prince never understood love.
But later, when he began to travel, met some people, and experienced some things, the little prince slowly understood love, and also felt missed, understood responsibility, and had his own feelings.
It is those connections with people and things in the outside world that give the little prince life—life in the true sense. Until then, his life was numb and meaningless.
It is precisely because of this that the little prince truly understands the love of the rose. Love, let him have happiness.
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In Wilde's The Selfish Giant, if the giant had not torn down the walls of the garden, he would not have felt the beauty of spring and the joy of the children.
In "The Island Bookstore", if Fickley does not open his heart to establish contact with the outside world, he will not reawaken the love and enthusiasm for life in his heart, and he will not enjoy the joy of life.
In "The Little Prince", if the little prince had not met those people and things because of that trip, he would not have understood and understood true love, and he would not have the happiness that love brings.
Do you still think that the giants' selfishness is right?
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In fact, each of us has a selfish side. We all want what belongs to us to always belong to us, not to be possessed by others.
But the world we live in is not closed. Nor can we live ourselves as an island. We need to be connected with others, and if we have a connection, we inevitably have to give and lose.
Do not stare at the immediate interests, look at the long term, do not get lost by the material, and pursue spiritual sublimation. This is the real gain in life.
So, what we should do is to tear down the walls and let spring in like giants; open our hearts and let happiness come in.
People who close themselves off because of selfishness are pathetic. Those who do not care about gains and losses, open their hearts to accept the world, and are also accepted by the world, are happy.