Which, to you, is the most important ideas in this story, and why?
(a) the importance of music
(b) the value of freedom
(c) Beauty of nature
The story's most significant concept is that freedom is a precious thing. There can be no amount of cash and comfort to lose freedom. Princess September placed the bird in the golden cage in this story as it gave all the comfort. But bird didn't like the comfort, in his gilded cage he fainted and lay dying. It demonstrates that more essential than anything else is the value of freedom.