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Analyze the story "Tell me a story"



 
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Analyze the story "Tell me a story" #1 (permalink) Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:09 am   Analyze the story "Tell me a story"
 

I’m Vietnamese studen . I have problem in analysing short story.

Please help me analyze the story “Tell me a story”

1/ Characters : opposing- forces
2/ Complication
3/ Climax
4/ Solution

Thanks in advance !

I look forward to hearing from you !

"Tell me a Story!" by Rabindranath Tagore
As soon as the child learns to speak, he says: "Tell me a story."
Grandmother begins: "Once upon a time, a prince and his friend, the minister's son-----"
She is stopped by the schoolmaster, who says: "Three times four make twelve."
Well-wishers go on dinning in the child's ears: "Three times four make twelve; this is a fact, while the prince is fiction; therefore-----"
It fails to impress the child, for his mind has flown away to an unmapped land where the prince has killed a demon; and no arithmetic has the wings to fly there.
The well-wishers shake their heads and say: "Spoilt, absolutely spoilt; the rod is the only remedy."
Grandmother has been put to silence by the schoolmaster. But one story-teller takes the place of another. There is no end to them. The well-wishers repeat in vain: "Those stories are not recorded in history. They are false."
From primary to higher school, from school to college, the attempt goes on to reform the boy; but nothing can stop his demand: "Tell me a story."
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Analyze the story "Tell me a story" #2 (permalink) Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:49 pm   Analyze the story "Tell me a story"
 

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Let's see how much you can figure out yourself first, Tony.
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Help me! Please #3 (permalink) Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:07 am   Help me! Please
 

I’m Vietnamese student . I have problem in analysing short story.

Please help me analyze the story “Tell me a story”

1/ Characters : opposing- forces
2/ Complication
3/ Climax
4/ Solution
5/ Theme

I look forward to getting your help soon !

Thanks in advance !

"Tell me a Story!" by Rabindranath Tagore
As soon as the child learns to speak, he says: "Tell me a story."
Grandmother begins: "Once upon a time, a prince and his friend, the minister's son-----"
She is stopped by the schoolmaster, who says: "Three times four make twelve."
Well-wishers go on dinning in the child's ears: "Three times four make twelve; this is a fact, while the prince is fiction; therefore-----"
It fails to impress the child, for his mind has flown away to an unmapped land where the prince has killed a demon; and no arithmetic has the wings to fly there.
The well-wishers shake their heads and say: "Spoilt, absolutely spoilt; the rod is the only remedy."
Grandmother has been put to silence by the schoolmaster. But one story-teller takes the place of another. There is no end to them. The well-wishers repeat in vain: "Those stories are not recorded in history. They are false."
From primary to higher school, from school to college, the attempt goes on to reform the boy; but nothing can stop his demand: "Tell me a story."
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Help me! Please #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:15 am   Help me! Please
 

Hi Tony

Why don't you give it a try first?
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