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Essay / Gifts in The Princess and the Tin Box by James Thurber
When I'm at King's Buffet, I always wonder what the interesting sushi tastes like, but I always eat sweet and sour chicken instead because I don't know what sushi tastes like. I always wonder what would happen if I used the shampoo Heidi Klum advertised, but it might make my hair too oily or too dry. So I continue to use the same brand of shampoo for my hair. How to pass an exam if you haven't studied before? How can you play in a symphony if you have never learned to play an instrument? How can we expect a superficial, spoiled princess, raised with money, to prefer priceless items over riches? Growing up, who did you admire the most? Who had the most influence on you when making difficult decisions? For most of us, it's our parents. They are our idols and our role models. We see them as people who don't make mistakes. As we get older, we do our best to emulate them and think about what they would have done in our place. In The Princess and the Tin Box by James Thurber, a princess must make the decision to marry one of the five princesses based solely on the gift she gives her....