Synopsis: The Prince and the Pauper is about two young boys that are, in almost every respect, identical, and their adventures in 16th century England.
The first boy Tom Canty, one of the many paupers (exceptionally poor and usually homeless person) of this time in England, lives with his grandmother, father, mother, and two sisters. Aside from the fact that all he gets for a bed is a pile of straw and a torn up old blanket, his father and grandmother beat him unless he brings them enough money from begging in the streets all day, which rarely ever happens.
The second boy is Prince Edward VI who lives at the very top of society with over 190 servants at his disposal. One day Tom decides he has had enough of his family and he wants to go see the rest of England, so he simply starts walking. Eventually he reaches the castle at the heart of the city, seeing the huge stone walls he wants to look inside, so he walks up and looks through the bars. Inside he sees a large group of richly clad individuals at that moment the guards grab him and throw him into the muck of the streets.
The prince sees this and runs to Tom’s aide, where he quickly reprimands the guards and takes Tom up to his room in order to get cleaned up. Once there the boys start to talk and soon discover that they want the life of the other one, and while Tom is being bathed by the Prince’s servants they realize that they could pass as each other.
Long story short they both live in each others lives and see that they really do prefer their own lives and do eventually switch back at the last possible second. The prince learns to be kind and that the court system needs to be fixed and made to be fair. All together not a bad story. By Christian Wentzell
Rating: 5
Synopsis: The Prince and the Pauper is about two young boys that are, in almost every respect, identical, and their adventures in 16th century England.
The first boy Tom Canty, one of the many paupers (exceptionally poor and usually homeless person) of this time in England, lives with his grandmother, father, mother, and two sisters. Aside from the fact that all he gets for a bed is a pile of straw and a torn up old blanket, his father and grandmother beat him unless he brings them enough money from begging in the streets all day, which rarely ever happens.
The second boy is Prince Edward VI who lives at the very top of society with over 190 servants at his disposal. One day Tom decides he has had enough of his family and he wants to go see the rest of England, so he simply starts walking. Eventually he reaches the castle at the heart of the city, seeing the huge stone walls he wants to look inside, so he walks up and looks through the bars. Inside he sees a large group of richly clad individuals at that moment the guards grab him and throw him into the muck of the streets.
The prince sees this and runs to Tom’s aide, where he quickly reprimands the guards and takes Tom up to his room in order to get cleaned up. Once there the boys start to talk and soon discover that they want the life of the other one, and while Tom is being bathed by the Prince’s servants they realize that they could pass as each other.
Long story short they both live in each others lives and see that they really do prefer their own lives and do eventually switch back at the last possible second. The prince learns to be kind and that the court system needs to be fixed and made to be fair. All together not a bad story.
By Christian Wentzell