Conflicting in Its Lesson
2 stars
I'm not overly fond of this one, but perhaps it's also because I'm not completely sold on the presentation of the lesson.
This is particularly because George was "the scruffiest giant in town," and he "always wore the same pair of old brown sandals and the same old patched-up gown." When one day, he notices a new shop, he buys a whole new outfit, but he slowly gives them away to animals in need. In the end, he returns to wearing his "scruffy" clothes that have gone unchanged (unrepaired and uncleaned).
While I can appreciate this lesson (giving to others in need), and the animals do come together to thank him with a card and crown, I find it perplexing that no one worked together to help mend and clean his original clothes or help him fix his shoes; he just returns to wearing them because he cannot purchase a …
I'm not overly fond of this one, but perhaps it's also because I'm not completely sold on the presentation of the lesson.
This is particularly because George was "the scruffiest giant in town," and he "always wore the same pair of old brown sandals and the same old patched-up gown." When one day, he notices a new shop, he buys a whole new outfit, but he slowly gives them away to animals in need. In the end, he returns to wearing his "scruffy" clothes that have gone unchanged (unrepaired and uncleaned).
While I can appreciate this lesson (giving to others in need), and the animals do come together to thank him with a card and crown, I find it perplexing that no one worked together to help mend and clean his original clothes or help him fix his shoes; he just returns to wearing them because he cannot purchase a second new outfit after giving away parts of the first one. It's fine that he's wearing it, but I would've preferred to see a more mutual engagement between the animals George helped and George himself.