King Midas And His Golden Touch Quotes
In the book “King Midas and his Golden Touch” by anonymous, a king wishes that everything he touches will turn gold, by the end of the book he notices that the wish wasn’t as wonderful as he thought. King Midas, very unthoughtful and strange leader of the castle. The author shows many techniques of the theme being think before you make a decision. First, he makes a decision that will haunt him forever. “I wish that everything I touch will turn into gold.”(pg.1) This quote shows the theme because throughout the book King Midas notices that his wish might not be so glorious as he thought. Second, King Midas turned a piece of meat into gold. “But suddenly King Midas noticed that his wish may not be as wonderful as he thought, as he was
biting in the meat, it turned to gold.” (pg.2) This quote shows the theme because he said he was very hungry but his meat turned into gold, he was very upset. Third, when he hugged his daughter she turned to gold. “When Midas hugged his daughter, she turned to a gold statue.”(pg.2) This quote shows the theme because he wasn’t even thinking about touching her would turn her to gold, King Midas was so devastated.
In the book “King Midas an his Golden Touch” the author reveals the theme, think before you make a decision. The author puts smarticle words in your brain to make you think before you make a decision.