In some stories, the reasoning and inspiration for the title is either found out instantly or at the end, and in some stories the title isn’t ever truly figured out unless you really think about it. The short story “Poison” by Roald Dahl is appropriately titled because of the story's plot and the simmering tension between Harry and Ganderbai, which could be seen as 'poison' in the way it effectively shows how racism and discrimination are ugly and horrible infections in our society.
Firstly, The crisis in the story is one reason why the title is appropriate. For example, Timber says, “A krait! Oh, my god! Where’d it bite you? How long ago? ...We’ve got to be quick. Come on now, quickly, tell me where it bit you.” (338) In this moment of the story, Harry claims to have a krait on his stomach. In response, Timber panics and begins to ask Harry where he’d been bit so they could treat it. This makes the reader first believe …show more content…
For instance, the background information of the short story states, “The story is set in India during the time when it was a british colony.” (336) This indicates, that since this story takes place around the time that India was under the rule of the british, both the indians and the british had some form of resentment towards each other. Harry was probably rude to Ganderbai, because of that resentment between the two races. In addition, Dahl also writes, “I wiped the sweat off his face and neck, and I could feel the slight twitching of the muscle - the one used for smiling…” This quote implies that if Harry’s ‘Smile muscles’ were twitching, he was trying not to smile, meaning that something about the situation was amazing to him, like a plan going right..To summarize, because of the rivalry between the british and the indians, Harry might be faking the Krait attack so he could get an excuse to insult and bring down the indian
Firstly, The crisis in the story is one reason why the title is appropriate. For example, Timber says, “A krait! Oh, my god! Where’d it bite you? How long ago? ...We’ve got to be quick. Come on now, quickly, tell me where it bit you.” (338) In this moment of the story, Harry claims to have a krait on his stomach. In response, Timber panics and begins to ask Harry where he’d been bit so they could treat it. This makes the reader first believe …show more content…
For instance, the background information of the short story states, “The story is set in India during the time when it was a british colony.” (336) This indicates, that since this story takes place around the time that India was under the rule of the british, both the indians and the british had some form of resentment towards each other. Harry was probably rude to Ganderbai, because of that resentment between the two races. In addition, Dahl also writes, “I wiped the sweat off his face and neck, and I could feel the slight twitching of the muscle - the one used for smiling…” This quote implies that if Harry’s ‘Smile muscles’ were twitching, he was trying not to smile, meaning that something about the situation was amazing to him, like a plan going right..To summarize, because of the rivalry between the british and the indians, Harry might be faking the Krait attack so he could get an excuse to insult and bring down the indian