![]() ![]() Which again may suggest that not only is the rocket full of his own self-importance but again he may be deluded. He can rise higher in the sky and looks better than the other fireworks. Nobody is better than the rocket in the eyes of the rocket. ![]() ![]() Which may lead some readers to suspect that the rocket is in fact delusion such is his belief in his own self-importance. He is better than anybody or anything else. It is as though the rocket’s ego is running wild. Without really listening to others or taking on board what others might say. He is wrapped up in his own self-importance. Not only does the rocket come from good lineage (in his opinion) but he also has more interesting things to say than anybody else. The most important person in the rocket’s life is the rocket himself. If anything the rocket has no time for anybody else unless they are being complimentary to him. ![]() He also feels as though he is better than any of the other fireworks. The rocket considers himself to be the best rocket there can be. Taken from his The Complete Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Wilde may be exploring the theme of self-importance. In The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde we have the theme of self-importance, loneliness, failure, ego and delusion. ![]()
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