Home Reading Essay. "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

After reading this book I changed my mind about youth. Eternal youth is not worth giving up the human soul because then you are not yourself anymore. ‘’Realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days. Live the wonderful life that is in you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.” Lord Henry said it before Dorian sold his soul for eternal youth. Lord Henry Wotton told the young boy that youth is one of the few good life components and because of that Dorian wished to be always young and handsome. The style is imaginative and emotive. The story is moving slowly. …