What do you think was Jo’s problem?
Jo was a child who had different perspective and sensibility compared to adults. So she wanted the story to end happily, she wanted that Roger Skunk should get the rose smell forever and could play with his friends. But according to Jack’s story Skunk’s mother went to wizard and hit him on his head asked him to give the foul smell back to the Skunk which Jo didn’t like. So Jo asked her father to change the ending of the story and recite it again tomorrow. The main problem was that Jo was a child and not matured therefore she wants the story according to her perspective.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What did the royal infant grow up to be?
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Where did Evans go?