Uncle podger hangs a picture day 1

English Literature

1. Jerome klapka Jerome 1859 1927 was an English author best known for his humorous book Three Men in a Boat published in 1889. The book became an instant hit and has remained in print since.He wrote several other novels, plays and essays after this but none of these proved to be as popular as the first work.

2. Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat. Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat, and several other novels.

3. Character sketch of Uncle Podger Introduction:-                                     Uncle Podger is a protagonist of the story ‘Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture’ written by Jerome K. Jerome. The Whole story revolves around him. He is the pivot of the story without him the whole story fall down like a hut made of mud and straw.  He plays a great role in the story like a good character. Abusive Character:-                                                 Uncle Podger is an abusive character. He rebukes all the members of his family when forgets hammer and nails. When he gets injury, all members were in fear. He rebukes them for not finding his hanker chief. Aunt says, I will never send my children to this house because Podger is doing such a shameful activities with his abusive nature. He becomes the source of despise for other.

4. Creates trouble:-                                 When he starts to hang the picture he creates a lot of disturbance in the family. He drops hammer which becomes a reason of injury to a girl. He rebukes them. He involves all the members in hanging the picture. He falls many times and lost all the plaster of the wall. His wife says I will go to my mother’s house when next. He will plan to hang the picture. At midnight, they all are fatigued but only uncle Podger was happy. Lake of mental ability:-                                                 Uncle Podger suffering with lack of mental ability. He has no proper plan to hang a picture. It’s a little act but he involves all the members. He sends a girl to buy nails and another boy to tell her size of the nails. One hold a torch and other hold the chair, nails, string and hammer when he loser his balance then he falls on a Piano.

5. Absent minded person:-                                                 Uncle Podger is an absent minded person. He forgets to tell the size of nails, his own coat and hammer.  When he falls he forgets the rights marks on the wall. He creates trouble when he forgets where I had my coat off Due to his absent mind he suffers a lot in the story. Comic Character:-                                 He creates comedy in the story with his little acts where he suffers. He forgets hammer, nails, coat and other weapon. Once he drop the picture. When he falls on a Piano it creates a melodious tune. This is the tune which a comedy needs. So, we laugh a lot in the story due to the abusive and absent behaviors of Podger . He’s doing a little act but involves all the family.                      In the end we can say that uncle Podger is a comic, absent minded and abusive character. He is the protagonist in the story. Though he creates trouble in the family with his misdeeds but he succeeds in his works.

6. About the story The lesson ‘Uncle Podge Hangs a Picture’ is full of comic scenes written by Jerome K. Jerome. It is a story of the short comings of man who never tries to do the hard job. But when he does any activity at home he involves the all family members in the little act. We find these they start to work, they create a lot of disturbance in the society and family with miner activities, through this act has not great prominence. They use abusive language to another person. They pretend to be great with miner work. So, it is also a satire on the less working persons.

7. Was Uncle Podger a helpful person?

8. Can you predict the rest of the story from here?

9. Uncle Podger says, ‘six of you’. Who are they?

10. Uncle Podger was very good at planning his work?