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Chapter2-TheTigerKing
Journey to the end of the Earth
1:WhoistheTigerKing?Whydoeshegetthatname?
Ans:TheTigerKingisJilaniJungJungBahadur,thekingofPratibandapuram.
The Enemy
Whentheprincewasborn,astrologerspredictedthathewouldhavetodieoneday.
Theten-day-oldprinceaskedtheastrologerstodivulgethemethodofhisdeath.The
wisemenwereperplexedbythismiracle.Accordingtothechiefastrologer,hewill
bekilledbyatiger.'Lettigersbeware!'hissedtheyoungprince,hissingominously.
Hemadethedecisiontokillahundredtigers.Asaresult,themoniker"TigerKing"
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washosiniorlinonhim
2:Whatdidtheroyalinfantgrowuptobe?
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Ans:TheroyalnewborngrewuptobePratibandapuram'sking,whowasenthralled
withtheconceptofkillingahundredtigers.Hedesiredtodosotodefytheprophecy
thathisdeathwouldbebroughtaboutbythehundredthtiger.Asaresult,he
slaughteredallofPratibandapuram'stigers.Forthesakeofhisambition,heeven
married.Heearnedthemoniker"TigerKing.
3:WhatwilltheMaharajadotofindtherequirednumberoftigerstokill?
Do Ans:TheMaharajawouldinstructhisdewantoselectasuitablefemaleforhimto
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marrytokilltherequirednumberoftigers.Asuitablefemaleformatrimonyshould
Arenotonlybefromaroyalfamily,butalsoastatewithasignificanttigerpopulation.
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BecausetherewerenomoretigersinPratibandapuram,aregionbelongingtohis
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father-in-lawwouldundoubtedlyofferhimtheopportunitytokillmoretigersand
achievehisgoalofkillingonehundredtigers.
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5:Whatwillnowhappentotheastrologer?Doyouthinktheprophecywas
indisputablydisproved?
Ans:BeforethekingofPratibandapuramhadachancetoslaughterahundredtigers,
theastrologerdies.Theking'sexistenceappearstobesolelytodisprovehis
prophecy.Everythingelseforthekingtakesabackseattoslaughterahundredtigers.
Theprophecycan'tbeprovenfalsebecausethekingwaseventuallymurderedbya
tiger,thoughnotarealoneorthehundredth.Noonewouldhaveguessedthatthe
hundredthtiger,whichwasfeeble,aged,andalmostlifeless,wouldescapetheking's
bulletbyfaintingfromtheshockofthebulletspeedingby.ThedeathoftheTiger
Kingwasbroughtaboutbythetoyshop's"smalllittlewoodentiger."
6:Thestoryisasatireontheconceitofthoseinpower.Howdoestheauthor
employtheliterarydeviceofdramaticironyinthestory?
Ans:"TheTigerKing"isabrilliantexampleofdramaticirony.Theterm"dramatic
ironyreferstoasituationinwhichtheaudiencemayseethefullimpactofa
character'swordsoractionsbutthecharacterisunawareofit.Thecharacterbehaves
irrationallyinlightofthecircumstancesorexpectsthepolaroppositeofwhatfate
hasinstoreforhim.Inthestory,Kalkiemploysadeftuseofdramaticirony.The
Kingflauntsthedeadbodyofthefirsttigerinfrontoftheastrologertodemonstrate
thatheismorestrongthanthetiger.Theastrologer,ontheotherhand,cautionsthe
kingto"becarefulwiththehundredthtiger."Thekingdecidestoprovethe
astrologerincorrectoncemorebyattemptingtokillahundredtigersinadesperate
effort.Thus,theTigerKingbelieveshehaskilledthehundredthtigerbyshootingat
theoldtiger.However,thereader,aswellastheking'sofficersandsubordinates,
quicklydiscoverthatthemalnourishedtigerisnotmurdered,buthassimplyfainted.
Thekingispleasedwithhimselfforkillingthetiger,butheisunawareoftheironic
fatethatawaitshim.Asliveronthewoodentiger'sbodywhichwasthetoyofhis
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inthepresenttimesthatillustratethecallousnessofhumanbeingstowards
wildlife?
Ans:Inrecentyears,therehavebeenafewincidentsofgamehunting.Eventhe
wealthyhavebeeninvolvedinincidentsdemonstratinghumancallousnesstowards
nature.SalmanKhanisinvolvedinapoachingcaseinvolvingblackbucks.Nawab
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well-knownBollywoodactorwhoenjoyshunting.HesnatchedthreeChinkarasina
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