The Tiger King Question Answer 12th English
Ch-2 The Tiger King by Kalki 1. ABOUT THE STORY Introduction The Tiger King is a satire of eccentric nature of the ruling class. From the ancient time,the kings, the sultans and the white men in power had been hunting birds and beasts in the forest. Their foremost target had always been the biggest and the strongest wild cat-the tiger. Hunting in the past was a fun, a pastime, a matter of pride for those in power. A stuffed tiger was a decoration piece in big drawing rooms. But today the fast decreasing number of tigers is causing a deep concern to environmentalists and nature lovers. Tigers are killed to meet the demand of the Chinese for medicinal purposes. The killers are professional poachers and the tribal people. The Tiger King gives us the funny portrait of an Indian king who resolves to kill 100 tigers in order to disprove the prophecy of an astrologer. But the real hundredth tiger was in fact, killed by a hunter The king died of infection caused by a wooden tiger. In this way,...