Themes/Lessons
This theme is highlighted when the Prince learns about the struggles of common people while living as one of them.
What is empathy or understanding others’ hardships?
closely and neatly packed together; dense
What is compact?
What chapter was our excerpt from?
What is Chapter 3?
charming and old-fashioned
Is your hometown quaint?
The author of The Prince and the Pauper
Who is Mark Twain?
Which characters look alike?
Who are the Prince and Tom Canty?
Where are the granite lions?
changing often, particularly one's loyalty and affection
Who is fickle?
The palace where the Prince lives
Where is Westminster?
Tom Canty's twin sisters
Who are Nan and Bet?
The first thing the Prince gives to Tom
What is food to eat?
having a pleasing appearance; attractive
comely
Languages the Prince has learned
What are Latin and Greek?
The story shows how living in someone else’s position can change your perspective, teaching this theme about understanding different lives.
What is walking in someone else’s shoes?
Tom Canty's age
Tom Canty's father does this to him when he doesn't bring food or money home.
What is Beat him?
anger at something that is unfair, whether real or perceived
What is indignation?