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Dragon, Dragon By John Gardner: Summary
In the story “Dragon,Dragon” the author John Gardner added humor by changing the setting to medieval times. The characters also added humor. Such as the wizard turning the queen into a flower pot. another example is the king running out of the castle doors when the queen turns back and he runs because he kept watering her so she was angry at him. Thats two ways you can tell the author added humor to the story. “John Gardner” wrote this story mainly because he
Loved writing about medieval stories and dragons and other monsters.
The Dragon in “Dragon,Dragon” always made the king very very angry, therefore he wanted someone to slay him. That's why the author wants to someone to kill/slay him. His son did not though. The Cobbler’s son went and
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