In this book, "The Picture of Dorian Gray", were many lessons. Although story in this book can't happen in real life, it still has a piece of truth in it. The most surprising lesson from this book was about beauty and youthfulness.
Dorian, who was a very handsome young man, was a muse to Basil Hallward. Basil was on artist who was very inspired of Dorian's beauty. On one day he draw a picture of Dorian, which was the best picture, that he had ever painted. Dorian also got fond of it and made a silly wish, that instead of himself, the picture of him, would get old and he would stay young and beautiful forever. Unfortunately that wish came true.
Dorian met a young girl called Sibyl Vane. They fell in love and wanted to get married. But on one night, when Dorian was watching Sibyl acting with his friends, everything changed. Sibyl acted horribly at that night and his heart broke. He told the girl, that he doesn't want to marry with her. After that Sibyl killed herself. Dorian didn't knew that and felt guilty about what he did, so he decided to write a letter to Sibyl. But then Lord Henry Wotton told to him the horrible news. Dorian was shoked.. Then Dorian noticed some changes on the picture. He had a cruel mouth. Since that Dorian changed.
Many years went past but Dorian was the same as before. He was still looking very good, but the picture didn't. There was the real Dorian, who was totally changed. He wasn't anymore that innocent young boy. Instead of it was a cruel man. After Sibyl's death were many rumours about Dorian. On one evening a man who painted that portrait of him, came to visit him. He asked about those evil rumours. Dorian revealed finally his secret to him. He showed this horrible picture to Basil, who was shoked of that how much picture had changed. There were terrible signs of age and corruption. Dorian said that this picture is a face of his soul. When he was young he made that wish because Basil and Lord Henry showed him how wonderful is to be young. Dorian wanted to stay young because of that. Now Basil also felt himself guilty, because he had worshiped Dorian too much. But now was too late. Dorian felt anger, he took a knife and killed Basil. The picture of him went more and more uglier. He asked one man to help him get rid of Basil's dead body. The man helped him, because he didn't have any other choice.
That man later killed himself and Dorian wanted to become better again. He also hoped that now the picture is prettier too. But it was even worse. So he took a knife and pushed it into the picture. But then Dorian died. When his servants found him, they were shocked, because instead of a handsome good-looking man was old and ugly man and on the picture was young and handsome Dorian.
That was the most surprising lesson for me. I didn't knew that worshipping somebody too much can cause something horrible. I have always thought, that it would be nice to stay young and beautiful forever, but it's not true, because your soul and you yourself will change so much. And I think that how old you look depends on that, what have you been through. For example, when you have crinkles you should be proud of them, because they can tell something about you and your life. It connects to my life that way, that I have too always thought that it's better to be forever young, but I don't think so now. At least not that much. Because every age has is own pluses and minuses.
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