Wednesday, 17 July 2013

The Custody of the Pumpkin by P.G. Wodehouse


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  1. Booklet Q1.
    Intro: Wodehouse amusingly takes the readers on a tour of the events leading to Lord Emsworth's good-riddance of his son Fredrick, portraying the ambiguous as well as the satirical twist to the decisions made as well as the rules disobeyed, thus bringing to prominence a typical father-son relationship in accordance to the beliefs held at the time, to create a hearty and humorous effect.

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    1. PEEP: The stuttering start to a comedy, Wodehouse vividly depicts the ninth Earl of Emsworth's poor observation skills as well as his over-dependance on his butler for the most basic of tasks. Trying to command a personality, his foolishness is made evident in the way he exclaims "I've....swindled". Although new the Earl fails to understand that "If.....obtained" in lieu of the telescope being described as a "dashed thing". The start of a sequence of humour, the Butler's omnipresence seems to be the brain of Lord Emsworth, providing the analytical processing of the simplest of tasks.

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