Question

1. Was John A Pescud hypocrite? He pretended to have moral standards, opinion he never practiced in life. justify your answer by giving example from the text.

2. Describe the dramatic irony inherent in the title and the story of the "best seller".

3. “ Example is better than precept ". Explain with examples.

Answer 1

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1. A person who pretends to have moral standard or opinion that he actually doesn't have is a hypocrite. John A Pescud was a hypocrite. He pretended to cherish middle class value. He strongly believe that person in real life married " somebody of their own station" which meant somebody who belongs to the same financial status. John is a travelling salesman. He did exactly what he is so strongly opposed and criticised in real life. He condemned the modern best sellers as they presented and unrealistic and romantic version of life. However ,Pescud seem to be
imitating bestseller. In the Rose lady and Trevelyan , the hero Trevelyan was an American. He fell in love with the Royal Princess from Europe. He followed her to her father's kingdom or principality.

John A Pescud seem to be doing exactly what he so strongly opposed and criticized in real life. like Trevelyan , he followed Jessie, who was like a princess , to her hometown and married her. John's life was also full of love and romance like bestsellers. His meeting with Jessie was nothing less than the meeting of provision with princess Alwyans. The last words of narrator exposed the hypocrisy of John when this modern Trevelyan wanted in coketown in search of petunias for his princess.


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2. Conveying are meaning that is opposite of the words literal meaning is called irony. The title best seller is quite ironical. O Henry known for his ironical plot and surprise ending criticized the hypocrite people who have hollow values in their life. John a pescud was a hypocrite. He pretended to cherish middle class value. He criticize the best sellers as imaginary stories and a very unrealistic plots. He criticized a lot the hero of the best seller, the rose lady and the Trevelyan the hero Trevelyan fell in love with a Royal Princess from Europe. He followed her to her father's Kingdom. John a pescud criticize him and told that in real life, people like to marry in their own status and social background.

Ironically, Pescud himself turned out to be the best seller. He sold a highly romantic and exaggerated version of his life story to the narrator. He was not at all different from trevelyan He also fell in love with Jessie, who was like a princess and followed her to her hometown. Not only that, while he criticized the over romantic trevelyan , he himself was wandering in coketown in search of petunias for his princess.

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3. People who pretend to have moral standards opinions that they actually don't have a hypocrites. There are many people who seem to be doing exactly what they so strongly oppose and criticize in real life. They speak a lot but do not apply in their life. John A Pescud of ' Best Seller' is such a kind of person. He was a hypocrite. He pretended to cherish middle class values. He believed strongly that people in real life marry, somebody in their own station. He was very critical of the modern best sellers. He thought the world of best seller was over romantic and away from reality. But his on love story was just like that of bestsellers. He married a girl who did not belong to his ideas and status. Pescud was really the ' best seller ' whom he bitterly criticised. He Sold His ideas and his love story to the narrator. He sold himself to Jessie, his wife and the Colonel, his father in law. He was also over romantic as he roamed in coketown to dig up some of the cuttings of Petunia flowers.


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