In the name of God

Book :

oral reproduction of stories (2)

Story : Sredni vashtar

Author : H.H.Munro(saki)

Student : Narges Bourouni

Master : Mrs.Farzaneh

Saki:Hector Hugh Munro(18 December 1870- 13

November 1916) , better known by the pen name

Saki , and also frequently as H.H.Munro , was a

British writer whose witty , mischievous and

sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian

society and culture . He is considered a master of the

short story , and often compared to O.Henry and

Dorothy Parker . Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis

Carroll and Rudyard Kipling , he himself influenced

A.A.Milne, Noel Coward and P.G.Wondehouse.

SakiWriterHector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. WikipediaBorn: December 18, 1870, Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma)Died: November 13, 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, FranceNickname: H. H. MunroFull name: Hector Hugh MunroMovies: Sredni Vashtar, Conrad the Wise, Window

Besides his short stories (which were first published

in newspapers , as was customary at the time, and

then collected into several volumes ) , he wrote a

full-length play , The Watchard Pot , in collaboration

with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical

study, The Rise of the Russian Empire , the only book

published under his own name; a short novel, The

Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The

Wastminster Alice (a parliamentary parody of Alice in

Wonderland); and When William Came , subtitled A

story of London Under the Hohenzollerns , a fantasy

about a future German invasion and occupation of

Britain.

is a short story written by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

between 1900 and 1914 and initially published in his

book Best and super-Beasts. It has been adapted into

a short film and a TV drama. The story is about

someone‘s worship that it contains Hindu elements.

“Sredni Vashtar”

Adaptations:The story was adapted by the Author Richard Adams

and the Composer Robert Steadman into an opera.

Surprisingly , this story inspired film directors of the

Republic three time. Vaclav Bedrich made a cartoon

film in 1980 . Martin Faltyn made a graduating

featuring movie in 1981 (graduating VGIK) and in 1995

also pavel Marek made this story like a graduating film

on FAMU.

This story was also adapted to American

television and aired on a ghost anthology

series called Great Ghost tales in the

summer of 1961.

It was also adapted with two other Saki

stories in a 2007 broadcast on BBC4

titled who killed Mrs. De Ropp?

Sredni Vashtar – in Hindi (Indian language

spoken by 500 million people) , Sherni means

Tigers . Vashtar is a region of india with hills

and forests. Sherni Vashtar in Hindi means

The Tigress of Vastar region.

Sredni Vashtar is probably a distorted spelling

of Sherdni Vashtar. Saki had strong

connections with India.

Summary:This story concerns a 10 year old boy called Conradin , who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs .De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself , which centres around idolisting a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar ; a Vengeful , merciless God. Conradin keeps the polecat hidden in a cage in the garden shed , and worships the idol in secret . The story comes to a climax when his cousin sets out to discover his God.

He would not live another 5 YEARS of his life because he

is sick. He creats a fantasy religious cult in a garden

shed , where his idols are a hen and a ferret . He is a

lonely and imaginative young boy. One day he bought a

polecat-ferret and named it Sredni Vashtar . Conradin

lived with Mr.De Rope his guardian. She is the one who

took care of conradin and responsible to serve shelter ,

food and clothes for conradin .

Although they lived together , Mrs.De Ropp dislikes

conradin . She never shows her concern toward

conradin. In the story , conradin keeps two animals

in backyard shed which is a hen and a ferret. But ,

Mrs.De Ropp discovers the hen and told to

Conradin that she has sold the hen to the butcher .

When his guardian gets rid of his hen , he prays to

the ferret for revenge .

sredni vashtar is like a God for conradin .

One day , Mrs.De Ropp realized that Conradin

was keeping something else from her in the shed

where Sredni Vashtar stayed. She goes to shed

again . At last she finds sredni vashtar while

Conradin prays to his God for safety of his ferret.

She went there to check it but she was been

bitten in the throat by the ferret , and died. sredni

vashtar bite her. The maid went to the shed and

shocked . She screamed out loudly as she

discovers the dead body of Mrs.De Ropp while

Conradin enjoys toast in the kitchen.

Characters:Conradin 10 year old- weary and bored – alone – obedient – revengeful – imaginative – an inventor of new religious –Mrs.De Ropp Conradin‘s Cousin and guardian with necessary , disagreeable and real world – in prepetual antagonism – dictator Ceredni Vashtar God - strong The doctor not skillful and expert.The maid loyal and kindProtagonist ConradinAntagonism Mrs.De RoppNarrator third person.

Setting:

Place tools shed – bedroom

Time winter – Cold afternoon – dusk -

Irony:1) Cheerless garden hopelessness or

despair2) Medicines were due become better and

get more energy3) The few fruit – trees The only dim of

hope that is difficult to catch.4) dismal shrubbery sadness and sorrow .5) Powdered nutmeg was strewn in front of his

hutch victory.6) The supply of nutmeg would have given out

to gain a victory over and wish.

7) Darkness of his bedroom and evening of tool – shed sadness of sunset

8) Gardener manager – lord.9) At the beginning of story Sredni

Vashtar holly religious and God.

10) At the end of the story His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white

ready to war and show the amour.

Symbol:sunset sadness and disappoinment, The growth

of nutmeg and every other plant hope

Climax:

The story comes to a climax when

his cousin sets out to discovery

his God.

Moral points:

1. Don’t succumb to the mastering of every

violence and force.

2. Hope o the thing that you believe . (God)

3. some times God’s will is against human’s

foresee and maybe a hopeless rescue

from an illness so believe strongly.

Idiom:1. Flesh and blood = alive

2. With and injured air observing = to speak

allusively or sarcastically = blow with a

word.

3. One day she made a further journey of

inspection = to consider and search a place

or something.

Ask, and it shall be given you ;Seek , and ye shall find;Knock , and it shall be opened unto you.

A proverb from gospel:

plot:

Mrs.De Ropp cause Conradin to be fearful,

hopeless and disappointed against his

illness , but finally she died fearfully sooner

and Conradin rescue from his illness.

theme:

If you have God for a friend , you

need no other .

If you have strong belief of God ,

your prayer and wishes will be

granted.

conflict:Internal Conradin takes

vengeance on Mrs.De Ropp .

He dislike his guardian .

External conflict He is

obedient in front of Mrs.De Ropp.

For discussions: Part 1:1. All coradin’s shrine , for he was a God who

laid some special on the fierce impatienet side of things , as apposed to the woman’s religion.

2. Coradin’s afraid of the lithe sharp-fanged beast , but it was his most treasured possession .

3. Your God is you most treasured possession. Part 2:4. Strong belief of God cause every one to be

calm.5. Please refer to the teqnic of litreture.

New words:Word phonetic Definition

acute adj severe

antagonism n animosty

ajar Adj / adv Half open

pronounce v declare

silky adj Soft and smooth

endorse v confirm

succumb v surrender

rampant adj Beyond control

inmate n prisoners

New words:Word phonetic Definition

wistful adj Sad and longing

lull v silence

ransack v search

peered v looked

dub v named

malady n illness

dashing adj depressing

outlet n store

pluck v remove

New words:Word phonetic Definition

spur n pressure

perpetual adj Ever lasting

boon n favor

ejaculation n exclamation

blaze V / n shine

effet Adj / n weak

idol n Some one you admire very much

pester v annoying