The writing of the book, The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde reveals a lot about what Wilde values and his attitudes. One of the things I got from reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, is that Oscar Wilde really values opinionated people and those who stick to what they believe. This is shown through the characters in the book. Basil Howard is opinionated about Dorian. He believes Dorian is in modern day terms: a perfect "hottie" and simply just awesome. Basil is defensive of Dorian when others question him and throughout the entire book supports and respects him. Basil is also very opinionated about his art and repeatedly uses Dorian as his inspiration. Dorian Gray is opinionated as well. Dorian believes that beauty and youth is the most important thing in life. This led him to the prayer of keeping his youth and beauty for eternity while the portrait of himself suffers the changes of aging and sin. " his frank, debonair manner, his charming, boyish smile, and the infinite grace of that wonderful youth that seemed never to leave him, "(Wilde, page 145, paragraph 3). Lord Henry is by far the most opinionated though. Lord Henry is a witty talker and never seizes to mention his theories. Oscar Wilde wrote this book from a third person perspective.
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.
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