CBSE Class 8 · English · It So Happened
The Selfish Giant
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 8 English.
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About the author
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote this fairy tale about a giant who walls his garden and learns charity from a child.
Summary
After seven years visiting the Cornish ogre he found children playing in his garden.
After seven years visiting the Cornish ogre he found children playing in his garden.
Selfish Giant drove children out and built a high wall.
Selfish Giant drove children out and built a high wall.
Only in the Giant's garden Spring refused to come; Frost and North Wind ruled.
Only in the Giant's garden Spring refused to come; Frost and North Wind ruled.
They crept through a hole; spring followed them.
They crept through a hole; spring followed them.
Seeing a little boy unable to climb a tree, he put him up and knocked down the wall.
Seeing a little boy unable to climb a tree, he put him up and knocked down the wall.
Children returned; Giant played with them but missed the wounded child.
Children returned; Giant played with them but missed the wounded child.
Years later the child returned with nail wounds; took Giant to paradise.
Years later the child returned with nail wounds; took Giant to paradise.
Hard words & meanings
| paradise | heaven |
| protagonist | main character |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| conflict | struggle or problem |
| climax | most exciting point |
| theme | main message |
| visiting | see chapter context |
| Cornish | see chapter context |
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