What is the author's indirect comment on subjecting?
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The author brings out the cruelty and heartlessness of human beings towards innocent animals. The behaviour of the Tiger king is an indirect comment on this cruelty and heartlessness.The astrologers had only predicted that the king’s death will come from a tiger. Instead of keeping himself safe and away from tigers the king chooses to go hunting and kill the tigers in his Kingdom. He kills so many that no tigers are left in the forest of his kingdom. Now he marries a girl from a royal family. His sole purpose is to kill the tigers in his father in laws kingdom. He kills all the tigers there also. At last the dewan has to arrange an old tiger for the king to hunt. The old tiger Stands humbly before the king, yet the king shows no pity. He takes a careful aim and fire. Thus the author expose the folly, cruelty and heartlessness of human beings with regard to their behaviour towards innocent animals. And then there is the case of the British officer also. He wants to have a tiger killed simply because he wants himself photographed holding the gun and standing over the dead tiger.
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