Lessons In The Princess Bride

“In my day, television was called a book” (Reiner). That is what the grandpa says to his grandson after the grandson questions him about reading him a book. The grandpa decides to read his grandson The Princess Bride. A book filled with true love, comedy, action and adventure. Westley works on the farm for his true love, Buttercup. But after Buttercup gets kidnapped by a sicilian, giant, and Spaniard, Westley goes to search for his true love. After Westley battles and defeats all three of her kidnappers, they are reunited. Soon their luck ends after Prince Humperdinck sends Westley to be tortured and takes Buttercup to be his bride. Westley is tortured by Count Rugen in the Zoo of Death. The giant and the Spaniard, we now know them as Fezzik and Inigo, here the screams of Westley and make there way to the Zoo of Death. Fezzik and Inigo help Westley make it to the castle to stop the wedding between Buttercup and Prince Humperdinck. Westley finally reunites with his true love for a happy ever after. In The Princess Bride there are several lessons that are taught throughout the book. The situations that the characters go through can be greatly compared to the situations that humans experience. A lesson

This lesson can be showed in The Princess Bride when Fezzik says, “People in masks are not to be trusted” (Lance). When Fezzik first meets the Man in Black he doesn’t know who he truly is. Later in the book, he finds out that the Man in Black was Westley he helps him on his adventure. An example of this lesson being showed in real life is that everyone is unique in their own way and if you don’t show how you are, then you aren’t being yourself. You will have a lot more success in life by being yourself and doing what you like instead of faking and doing something you don’t. Always being yourself is a lesson that is showed in The Princess Bride and real life