The Text Under Analysis Is Written By An Outstanding British Novelist And A Short
The text under analysis is written by an outstanding British novelist and a short – story writer Hector Munro. . He was born in 1870 and died in 1916.Also he is better known for his pseudonym Saki. Owing to the death of his mother and his father’s absence abroad he was brought up during his childhood, with his elder brother and sister by a grandmother and two aunts. . Munro is best known for his humorous and very interesting short stories.
The text tells us a story about a small boy Nicholas, who was brought up by his tyrannical and ungoverned aunt Augusta. Her methods of bringing up are rather military and religious. She puts punishment and withholding of enjoyment as more important than getting to know and molding the lives of the children. She keeps all the beautiful and creative things of the house locked away in a lumber-room so as not to spoil them but in doing so, the purpose of the objects which is to beauty the house, is lost, leaving the house dull and colorless.
The theme of the text is about relationship between two generations: a little boy Nickolas and his aunt.
The text under analysis is a third person narration. The prevailing mood of the text is emotional and fanny.
The plot of the story is the Child's world and the Adult' s world.
The whole story can be divided into 4 parts.
The first part can be entitled the Adult’s world This world is dull, unimaginative and misunderstanding. The Adult’s world is full of warped priorities.
At the beginning of the extract the author tells us about why Nicholas was in disgrace. The children were to be driven to the sands at Jagborough, but Nicholas was not to be one of the party, because in the morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread-and-milk on the seemingly frivolous ground that there was a frog in it. The author used the epithet <frivolous ground> showing us that Nicholas behaviour was silly. At least his aunt thought so. And to prove that she thought of herself as a wiser and that she
The text tells us a story about a small boy Nicholas, who was brought up by his tyrannical and ungoverned aunt Augusta. Her methods of bringing up are rather military and religious. She puts punishment and withholding of enjoyment as more important than getting to know and molding the lives of the children. She keeps all the beautiful and creative things of the house locked away in a lumber-room so as not to spoil them but in doing so, the purpose of the objects which is to beauty the house, is lost, leaving the house dull and colorless.
The theme of the text is about relationship between two generations: a little boy Nickolas and his aunt.
The text under analysis is a third person narration. The prevailing mood of the text is emotional and fanny.
The plot of the story is the Child's world and the Adult' s world.
The whole story can be divided into 4 parts.
The first part can be entitled the Adult’s world This world is dull, unimaginative and misunderstanding. The Adult’s world is full of warped priorities.
At the beginning of the extract the author tells us about why Nicholas was in disgrace. The children were to be driven to the sands at Jagborough, but Nicholas was not to be one of the party, because in the morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread-and-milk on the seemingly frivolous ground that there was a frog in it. The author used the epithet <frivolous ground> showing us that Nicholas behaviour was silly. At least his aunt thought so. And to prove that she thought of herself as a wiser and that she