Babar An Elephant Summary

In the story of Babar an elephant who journeys from Africa to France and becomes well learned returns to his home in Africa and immediately becomes king to his predecessor ,who was poisoned by a mushroom. Babar was granted king by an elderly elephant who seemingly knows a lot more than his companions. Cornelius the seemingly smart elephant ,unlike the other elephants sports an eyeglass . Hinting that he is more civilized than the other elephants and that he must have traveled to a lot of places to earn his knowledge. Cornelius represents a form of government in which he is the fore runner and follows instructions from Babar. Cornelius appears to be the head of the governmental system within the tribe because he was the first
from the elder elephants to call Babar king, this suggest that he must have had some effect on the tribe and that he had a certain air about him,because the tribe followed his rules without questioning, because they thought he was more civilized than they were and had something they didn’t have. The tribe in the story of Babar acknowledges those who are civilized and are opted to make them their leaders. They admire Babar to the greatest extent not because of his family background but because of him been more civilized and well learned than they were, as Cornelius deems him. If they thought that his family had a powerful background and that they were natural leaders why not make Babar’s mother queen of the tribe or even apart of the government. The tribe doesnt support female leadership as it is hinted throughout the book; their is no females within the group of elderly elephants and Babar had to tell the tribe that if he were to become king they would have to make Celeste queen. Why did he have to explain about celeste been queen ,the tribe knew that they were married which automatically suggests that she will be queen. He had to explain to them and been as civilized as he is ,they accepted that law of female sovereignty.