The Story-Teller: A Satirical Tale of Moralistic Stories
On a hot afternoon, a group of travelers shares stories in a carriage. The bachelor tells a dark tale that contrasts with the typical moralistic stories the children are used to. Through this satirical narrative, the author challenges conventional notions of goodness and fate.
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In The Name Of God Student Name: Zhaleh Minooei Supper visor: MS. Farzaneh Book Name: Oral Reproduction of Stories(1) Title: The Story-Teller (lesson 4, page 15) Author: H.H munro(saki)
Author biography Hector Hugh Munro Born: 18December 1810 Died: 13 November 1916 (aged 45) Pen name: Saki Occupation: Author, Playwright Nationality: British Hector Hugh Monro is better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H.H.Munro. He was a British writer besides his short stories, he wrote a full-length play. The pen name Saki maybe reference to the cupbearer in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam on Christmas presents and alluded to in a few other stories. Some of his example works: The Interlopers Gabriel Ernest The toys of Peace The Story-teller The open window
Summery Summery It was a hot afternoon, and the next stop was at Templecombe. The occupants of the carriage were two small girls, a small boy, their aunt and a bachelor who was a stranger to their party. The frown on the bachelor s face was deepening to a scowl. come over and listen to a story , said the aunt. The story was about a good little girl who was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. It was unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story so the bachelor began a story. There was a good little girl who won several medals for her goodness and the prince of the country allowed her to walk in his park. As she walked in the park a wolf come prowling there. She saw it and ran as hard as she could and hide herself in one of the bushes. As she trembled the medals clinked against. When he heard the sound of the medals dragged her out and devoured her and the story come to an end with the children s admire. The aunt said the bachelor that you have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching. I kept them quiet for ten minutes, which was more than you were able to do , said the bachelor. He observed to himself; for the next six months or so those children will demands for an improper story! .
vocabulary Correspondingly: Subsequently Occupants: Resident Bachelor: Single, Unmarried Compartment: Coupe Reluctantly: Unwillingness Smack: Slap Fatuously: Foolishly Flicker: Seem briefly Scowl: Petulant Resolute: Determined Lamely: Weakly Deplorable: Pitiable, Regrettable Retort: To recompense Sniffing: To smell Devour: To swallow Ferocity: Fierce nature Rarity: Scarcity Approval: Agreeable, Conformable Rarity: Scarcity
Techniques Of Literature: Theme The author seems to be poking fun at the kind of dull, moralistic tales that were often told to children . In this story (as real life) the children prefer the story of a goody-goody who is destroyed by her own goodness. On another level , the author may be questioning the religious notion that good things happen to good people.
Setting Place Railway carriage Time Afternoon Season Summer Country England Character Protagonist: The bachelor and the aunt Round: The bachelor Flat: The aunt and children
Conflict It is the struggle between the aunt and the bachelor about their success for telling the story. Internal: The bachelor and his mind External: The aunt and children, The aunt and bachelor Climax The climax of the story within the story is of course when the good little girl almost (but not quite) escapes from the jaws of the ravenous wolf. Moral Point We should be update with children.
Conclusion The bachelor kept the children quiet for ten minute which was more than the aunt were able to do. Proverb Out with the old, in with the new The End
