Literature
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- The Kettle Pond
the kettle pond A few years ago I took a walk in a huge swath of forest that is officially part of the National Lakeshore, but which is weirdly cut off from the rest of the park, in the middle of Leelanau County. That time, I got lost. A friend and...
- Dark River Balloon
This morning, I'm not really sure why, I head for the river at the perfectly unreasonable hour of 4:30. As I walk through the silent neighborhoods cast in streetlight glow, I catch glimpses of countless cats slinking and darting under cars, and I...
- Object Mississippi River
the river at 6 In my literature & environment courses this semester, I'm having my students choose a single thing to write about for the entire semester, once a week or so. The writings will range from observational to research-oriented, and from...
- The Old Man And The Sea Ernest Hemingway
Plot Overview The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. For eighty-four days, Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed. So conspicuously...
- The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway
?It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.? It took me a while to warm up to Ernest Hemingway but after finishing The Sun also Rises and now The Old Man and the Sea, I can see why he is held in high regard. After several negative reactions...
Literature
A Fishy Story Summary by Jerome K. Jerome
A Fishy Story Summary
The narrator and his friend. The narrator and his friend George visited a village about which they had no knowledge. In the parlour of the inn they met an old man, Jim Bates, who was smoking a clay pipe. As they were strangers to each other, they talked about weather and crops in a matter-of-fact, dull manner. Jim Bates came to know that the visitors were strangers to the place and were going away the next day.
The trout in the in the glass-case. The narrator and his friend happened to see an old glass-case fixed quite high above the chimney-piece. The glass-case had in it a very big trout.The fish fascinated the visitors. It was thought to be a remarkably fine fish.
Jim Bates' yarn about the fish. Jim Bates noticed the interest of the visitors in the fish. He remarked that the fish was very uncommon. George agreed with him, and asked casually how it weighed. The man said that it weighed eighteen pounds, sixounces. Then he went on with his story. He said he caught the
fish below the bridge with a minnow about sixteen years ago.
The local carrier's version-: The local carrier, joe muggles, came to the door of the room after Jim Bates had left. He also looked at the fish. When he learnt that the visitors were strangers, he came out with his own story about the fish. He said that it was hewho caught the fish about five years ago. He claimed that he caught it just below the lock with a fly, adding bidding the visitors good night.
Five minutes thereafter, a third man, Mr jones, came in and described how he caught the trout with bleak.
Billy Maunders' yarn. A serious-looking man appeared after Mr Jones had left. George turned to him and prompted him to speak out. He almost invited him to say his piece by asking him as to how he caught the fish. He showed his suprise but did not hesitate in weaving his own yarn. He said that he had to struggle hard to catch the big fish and had his rod broken. He claimed that fish weighed thirty-four pounds on the scale when he weighted it carefully at home. He went in his turn.
The landlord's story. The visitor told the landlord all the stories about the fish told to them. The landlord laughed heartily and made fun of all the men who had told those stories. Then he described how he had
caught the fish years ago when he was just a school-going boy. He caught the fish one sunny afternoon when he had truanted. The big fish saved him from being thrashed that day. At this point he was called
out of the room.
The reality about the fish. George could not control himself. He climbed up on the back of a chair to look at the fish closely. The chair slipped and George held on to the glass case of the fish tightly, throwing down the case along with him and the chair on the groung. The narrator feared for the fish. He saw the fish broken into "thousand" pieces. It was something strange and inexplicable. The visitors, however, realized the reality about the fish. The fish was not stuffed one, as they had thought, but was made of plaster
of paris.
-Jerome K. Jerome
- The Kettle Pond
the kettle pond A few years ago I took a walk in a huge swath of forest that is officially part of the National Lakeshore, but which is weirdly cut off from the rest of the park, in the middle of Leelanau County. That time, I got lost. A friend and...
- Dark River Balloon
This morning, I'm not really sure why, I head for the river at the perfectly unreasonable hour of 4:30. As I walk through the silent neighborhoods cast in streetlight glow, I catch glimpses of countless cats slinking and darting under cars, and I...
- Object Mississippi River
the river at 6 In my literature & environment courses this semester, I'm having my students choose a single thing to write about for the entire semester, once a week or so. The writings will range from observational to research-oriented, and from...
- The Old Man And The Sea Ernest Hemingway
Plot Overview The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. For eighty-four days, Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed. So conspicuously...
- The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway
?It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.? It took me a while to warm up to Ernest Hemingway but after finishing The Sun also Rises and now The Old Man and the Sea, I can see why he is held in high regard. After several negative reactions...