Plot
What are reasons that the ride is unbearable?
boredom, heat, and humidity
What do both stories have in common?
What word means something that distracts attention?
diversion
What is satirized in this story?
idealistic children's stories
It was a hot afternoon, and the railway carriage was correspondingly sultry, and the next stop was at Templecombe.
Allusion
Why did the children like the bachelor's story so much?
Good was not rewarded in the end.
Who does dull and unimaginative describe?
the aunt
What word means hot and humid?
sultry
What is the tone of this story?
humorous and ironic
The aunt was the dullest person on earth.
hyperbole
not as humorous
In efforts to challenge the aunt and to look better than her, what does the bachelor do?
tells the story in a different way
What word means determined?
resolute
What means sharp reply?
retort
The bachelor's story can be interpreted as a subversive response to:
Victorian social norms
The children's constant interruptions
Traditional children's moral tales
The aunt's ineffective storytelling
Traditional children's moral tales
boring
Explain omniscient point of view.
includes the thoughts and actions of everyone
What word means attack?
assail
What word means continuing?
persistent
How does the bachelor's storytelling technique challenge traditional children's narrative expectations?
By using complex vocabulary that children cannot understand
By creating a morally ambiguous protagonist who defies typical heroic archetypes
By strictly adhering to conventional moral lessons
By making the story unnecessarily complicated
By creating a morally ambiguous protagonist who defies typical heroic archetypes
At the end of the story, whom does self-satisfied describe?
the bachelor
What oxymoron did the bachelor use to spice up the story?
horribly good
What word means continuing?
persistent
What word means very badly?
deplorably
What literary device does Saki primarily use to create humor in the narrative?
Situational comedy
Sarcasm
Dramatic irony
Satirical subversion
Satirical subversion