Question

What did Young Ernest wish when he gazed at it?

Answer 1

Hint: The story, “The Great stone face” is focused on a man named Ernest who is fascinated with the mountainside. There was a prophecy in the village from long years back that a huge rock has a resemblance to a human face. A child is going to be born and become the noblest person. His face would show likeness with the mountainside huge rock.

Complete answer:
The story “The Great stone face” was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here, the great stone face was normally a work of nature, formed on the huge rock in a mountain. When we see this masterpiece from a distance, it shows the resemblance of the human face.

The two-man named Gathergold who left the valley a long time back now returned to it after becoming rich and another one is General Blood and Thunder who left the valley and returned as the noblest soldier. The people living in the valley now believe their prophecy is coming true because they saw both of their faces as the stone face but Ernest is not convinced with it.

According to the question, we need to tell the wish of the Young Ernest when he was staring at the stone face. Young Ernest was gazing at the masterpiece. Firstly, he smiled at it and silently wished that the stone face could speak because he found the face very kindly. He was imagining his voice and thought it must be very sweet and pleasant. He thought he was going to adore the man dearly who resembled the face.

Note: However, in the first part of the story, we didn’t get the human face that shows a likeness to the stone face. But in a second part of the story, it was a proclamation by the poet that Young Ernest has the face which resembles the Great stone face because Ernest has a rare quality. No one has this type of personality in the entire valley.