Summarise the tiger king by Kalki
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The Tiger King : Kalki
Summary :
Introduction : the chapter is a satire on all those in power . The main protagonist is the king of pratibandhapuram better referred to as the tiger king . Now here's the summary in detail -
•The unusual happening : the narrator describes an incredible happening at the beginning of the story itself . When the tiger king was born and was merely ten days _old , the wise prophets predicted that "this child will grow up to be the king of kings but he will have to die one day." To this , the ten year old infant raised his voice saying everyone whose born will one day have to die. There could be a point of you could tell the manner of that death. This amazed the astrologers who were perplexed seeing an infant not only speaking but also raising intelligent questions . The astrologer replied that the infant born in the hour of bull. The tiger and bull are enemies . Therefore , death comes from tiger. instead of being scared , the boy angrily roared "Let tigers beware. Though it's not sure if this incident was true or not still it accounts for a divine forecast according to the happenings of the story .
•The upbringing of the boy : after that no mysterious happening occurred and the tiger king was bought up like any other Prince . He'd drink the milk of an English cow , was taken care by an English nanny , was tutored by an Englishman and saw nothing else but english movies . He grew up and was handed over his kingdom . Then everybody remembered of the astrologers ' predictions.
•The ultimate mission : having remembered the astrologers prediction and in a verge to prove it wrong , the tiger king finally managed to kill the very first tiger and proudly showed it to the astrologer. to this he told the king that Your majesty shall kill 99 tigers the same way but...! Your death comes from the 100th tiger. Now the tiger king began his mission of hunting 100 tigers.
•Measures Taken to accomplish the mission : Tiger hunting was banned in the kingdom . No one could hunt tigers besides the king or else their property would be confiscated. Thus the king managed to hunt 70 tigers in about 10 years. He even denied a senior British official from hunting in his kingdom . But then , the tiger population went extinct in his kingdom
•The King's marriage : Now in order to continue his mission , he married a royal princess whose kingdom was rich in tiger population. Then he managed to kill a total of 99 tigers. The one remaining tiger presented a lot of trouble !
•Shooting the hundredth tiger : finally the king's Dewan managed to get a tiger from a zoo in Madras. But still the king missed the shot. In a dread of being fired , the hunters themselves shot it . and now 100 tiger skins adorned the wall of the palace .
•The Ultimate End : Having accomplished his mission , the king thought now he had escaped death.So now he decided to concentrate on his son. He gifted him a wooden tiger but it was made by an unskilled carpenter . Silvers of wood were coming out from it. So when he was playing with it , one of the quill of wood pierced his finger but he ignored it. In three days time , his whole arm developed a wound. He was operated by three surgeons . After the surgery , they announced the operation was successful . The tiger king is dead.
Thus, the 100th tiger took its revenge on the king.
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Explanation:
When the king of Pratibandapuram and his queen had their first baby ten day old the astrologers made a prediction that the child would grow up and one day meet his death. While others heard them sadly, the baby prince asked a very wise question as to what was new in such a prediction as it is a universal truth that everyone should die. When the child grew up and became the new king, he was nicknamed The Tiger King because he went on a tiger hunt to kill the hundredth tiger to remove his fear of death. Gradually the tiger population in his country went dry. To hunt further tigers he married a princess whose father’s forest had tigers in it. The hundredth tiger was not very easy to hunt down. The king became furious and mad and dismissed many of the officers. Being a wise man, the devan knew the country would pass into the hands of Indian National Congress and that he too would lose his position, he decided to bring an old tiger from the People’s Park in Madras. Instances of Satire The courtier’s feeling sad on hearing that the child would one day die; the king’s marrying a girl for tiger-hunt; The king’s decision to hunt tigers; The king’s spending three hundred thousand rupees to please the British officer; The king’s doubling the land tax for the villagers. Finally, the king’s ultimate death just because of a wooden sliver and the doctors’ considering his death as a matter of no importance.
Characters
The King – The maharaja of Pratibandapuram deserves to be called a maharaja in every case. He was strong enough to kill the wild tigers with his bare hands. He was brave enough to think about killing not one, but hundred tigers. He was bold enough to stand against a British officer by refusing him permission to hunt in his forest. He was wise enough to please the officer by pleasing his wife and was rich enough to send fifty diamond rings to the good lady of the officer. He was even cunning enough to arrange his marriage with a princess whose father’s forest had the maximum number of tigers. Yet he appears to be the opposite of what he had done and what he was because this powerful king was finally killed by the sliver of a worthless wooden tiger! His death brought him great shame. His boldness, cunningness, strength and bravery failed miserably at the hands of an insignificant wooden tiger. He can also be laughed at for his blindly believing the astrologers, for the dereliction of duty as a king, for imposing tax on the villagers out of rage, for forgetting the sanctity and meaning of marriage and for dismissing his officers for no official reason.
The First Astrologer – A great astrologer (or very much fake!). He had deep knowledge in astrology and was a master at that. Logical but a little foolish at predicting people’s fate.
The Second Astrologer – Probably the son of the late astrologer. Equally great or fake as his ancestor was. He accepted a bet from the king and agreed to abandon his profession to become the most infamous insurance agent – a weird parallel for astrology.
Devan or Prime Minister – The Diwan, king’s chief minister, is the comedian in the story. He was a man of tactics and availed the benefits of his brain only under emergency such as the loss of his office. He was well aware of the king’s fury. While standing in front of the king’s brandished gun, the old man imagined a bullet piercing his heart and out of this fear he was thrown into a state of imbecility. The British Officer – No such a British officer as gentle as he could be met. You call him John Tigerwoods or Peter the Photographer, he was gentle and a peacemaker. Like tigers had their sway on him, his wife had powers on him.
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