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০৩ অক্টোবর, ২০২৬ ০৮:০৮ অপরাহ্ণ
The Selfish Giant
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শ্রেণিঃ সপ্তম
বিষয়ঃ English for Today
ইউনিটঃ Unit-6
The Selfish Giant summary follows an unyielding Giant who bans children from his lush garden, plunging his estate into permanent winter, until an encounter with a tiny boy transforms his soul and earns him entry into Paradise.
Narrative Overview
When the Selfish Giant returns from a seven-year visit to his ogre friend, he angrily drives away the neighborhood children who play in his garden. He builds a high wall to keep them out, which causes Spring to abandon his property entirely, leaving the garden trapped in a bitter domain of Frost, Snow, and the North Wind.
The cold only lifts when the children sneak back through a gap in the wall, bringing the blossoms and warmth back with them—except in one corner, where a little boy is too small to reach the tree branches. Seeing the boy's distress, the Giant's heart softens. He helps the child into the tree, reconciles his selfish ways, and opens the garden to all the children forever. Years later, that same little boy—revealed to bear the wounds of love—returns as a heavenly figure to carry the aging Giant off to his own heavenly garden.
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