Tom Canty is a pauper that lives
in Offal Court, where all the poor families live. Tom’s father is a thief, and
his mother is a beggar. His father ignored him, just as his grandmother did. Tom
is honest and generous all the time.
Tom is honest, because even
though he was hungry, he wouldn’t steal from people. As the prince, he released
and pardoned many prisoners under the prince’s name. The king was happy to hear
what Tom said about releasing all the poor people. Tom was to be rewarded for
his generosity and loyalty to Edward the Sixth.
Tom was generous, because when he
was poor, he shared whatever he had with other’s poorer than he was. He released
and pardoned many prisoners under Edward’s name and let them out of the tower to
return their homes. When Tom told the king, about releasing all the poor
people, he rewarded Tom. When the lords and ladies wanted to kill Tom, it was
the king who stopped them and told Tom that he was the new king’s ward.
What I learned is, you can only
truly know about someone’s life, by living it. In the “Prince & the
Pauper”, the prince didn’t truly know what life was like outside his castle
walls. He didn’t know about the poor people who lived in very bad areas. He
didn’t know that they were starving and stealing to get by. It was only when he
traded places with Tom that he was able to learn about the other side. It was
also, only when Tom became the prince that he truly understood, how hard life
is for a royal, as well.
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