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 * Princess Bride #1**

“Why did I go through all that?” pg. 31

Explain Goldman’s reasons for writing the two introductions to this book? What does it all mean? What is the point? How does it relate to //The Princess Bride// story?

Make sure to explain your answer and include examples.

Mr. Goldman asks this question on page 30. I think he wrote the introduction to tell us, why he did the abridgement. His family experiences, and the original book, all have to do with the abridgment that he did. He asks this question because all this time, after he decided to rewrite the book, he didn’t understand why he wanted too. I think it mostly has to do with his son, not loving it. When his dad read it to him, he skipped all the boring parts, and just read about the adventures, but his son read everything in the first chapter, and didn’t like it. Then he realized that the purpose of the writing was about the decline of the monarchy in Western civilization, and it wasn’t an adventure, exciting book like he thought it was. So he wanted to let all children and adults enjoy the book, just like he did when he was a child.

Bridgett