The bachelor is a complete stranger to the aunt and the children. The bachelor is the children’s uncle and the aunt’s brother-in-law. The bachelor is
engaged to the aunt
but has never met the children before.
What are the major differences between the aunt’s story and the bachelor’s story?
The moral of the story told by the aunt is
that good acts shall always be rewarded in the end
. By contrast, the bachelor’s story strongly suggests that even those endowed with the highest ethical character are every bit as much at risk for coming to a bad end as the worst kind of amoral scoundrel.
what is the relationship among the bachelor neon and the three children in the storyteller? He is
the children’s uncle and the aunts brother in law
. He is engaged to marry the aunt that has never met the children before.
What can you infer from this passage about the relationship between the children and their aunt why?
What can you infer from this passage about the relationship between the children and their aunt? Why?
The aunt cannot control the children’s behavior and does not seem to enjoy the job of entertaining them
. She seems more concerned about keeping the children preoccupied and not disturbing the stranger.
What happens to Bertha at the end of the story the bachelor tells in The Storyteller?
What happens to Bertha at the end of the story the bachelor tells in “The Story-Teller”?
She gets lost in the woods. She gets eaten by a wolf.
Did the bachelor agree with the aunt?
“Well, yes,” admitted the aunt lamely
, “but I don’t think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.” “It’s the stupidest story I’ve ever heard,” said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction. …
Why do the children begin to lose interest in the bachelor’s story?
The children weren’t being quiet when listening to the aunt’s story, so
the bachelor decides to tell a story that he thinks the kids will enjoy
. … The children really enjoy his story much more than they did their aunt’s.
What is the main point of the bachelor’s story?
The aunt’s story means that if you are always good, then you will be rewarded, but the bachelor’s story means
that bad things can happen to good people
.
What is ironic about the bachelor telling a better story than the aunt?
It is ironic precisely because of the fact that a bachelor,
because of his status as an unmarried man without children, should not know how to tell a story that could appeal to the imagination of children
, especially when compared with the aunt, who, because of her status as being an aunt and the time spent with her …
What is your opinion of the bachelor’s story?
Answer: The protagonist of this story would be “the aunt” who struggles to tell her nieces and nephews a story that both entertains them and still has a good moral. The theme of the aunt’s story is that goodness is often rewarded. In opposition, the theme of the bachelor’s story is
that goodness is not always rewarded
.
How did the children and the Bachelor respond to the aunt story?
Answer: ‘You don’t seem to be a success as a story-teller,’ said the bachelor suddenly from his corner. The aunt, offended, responds:
She underestimates the children’s ability to sit quietly and listen to the bachelor’s story
. She could not keep them quiet with her story.
What question do the children ask their aunt?
At the beginning of the story, what do the children ask their aunt? “
Why are those sheep being driven out of that field?
” Why are they unsatisfied with her answers? Because the aunt says there is a lot of grass in the field and there is enough.
How do the children’s reactions to the bachelor’s story develop the passage’s humor the storyteller?
The children were fond of asking curious and humorous questions and their reaction
developed the passage’s humor. Explanation: The children were not impressed by their aunt’s story. … Upon this children asked a funny question and developed humor in the story.
What theme is best supported by the story the bachelor tells in?
It is necessary to question authority. What theme is best supported by the story the bachelor tells in “The Storyteller”?
Be kind to animals
.
What point does the bachelor make in The Storyteller?
The bachelor tells the children the fictional story about Bertha, the “horribly good” little girl whose good deeds and shiny medals of honor end up getting her eaten by a wolf. Hence, “The Storyteller” is told from
a third person omniscient point of view where Saki
is the all-knowing and non-participant narrator.
Why does Bertha come to an unhappy end?
In the bachelor’s story, Bertha had almost escaped the wolf when she was hiding in the bushes but because she was trembling,
her three medals for goodness clung to each other
and the wolf pounced at her and devoured her.
