“The Happy Prince,” by Oscar Wilde is about an initially self-centered Swallow, who on his hunt for shelter for the night meets the statue of The Happy Prince, as he settled down at his feet. Throughout the story, we notice the Swallow helping the Happy Prince distribute his jewels and gold throughout the city, making civilians happier and healthier, masking the true ugliness that resides there. What drew me to Wilde’s story is the change that we see in both characters. While in the beginning of the story the Swallow only thought about himself, we see him fall in a romance for the statue of the Prince. Likewise, we know that the Prince, when he was alive, never saw the truth of the city which he lived in, only the riches that he was brought up with. Most people see the relationship formed between the Swallow and the Happy Prince as making both characters less selfish. But did it really?