Tigers for Dinner
Author: Ruskin Bond
I don’t want to go into too much depth about what this book
is about. Briefly, this book is a collection of short stories written by Ruskin
Bond, which in the book, are narrated by a young boy’s cook, Mehmoud. He talks
about his adventures while going to hunt with Jim Corbett in the forest.
The theme of the book if you take out the fact that these
are tall tales, is bravery, courage, and quick thinking. I think the author has
a great way to capture the reader as I have read the book around six times and
read it again the seventh time to do this book report. Mr. Bond uses great language
and has captivating situations such as sleeping on a bed which is on a moving
crocodile. This book can capture any audience as the reader will be dying to
know how the situation ends up and what quick thinking the character uses to
escape the situation.
Even though, as the name suggests, it is a tall tale, the
author uses such great language that at first, if I had not read the title, I
wouldn’t have known if it was true or not.
I would recommend this book to readers of all kinds as
rather than using complex words, the author uses complex literary techniques
which make the book easy to understand, yet captivating.
Some of the literary techniques that are used by Ruskin Bond
in this book are hyperboles, great exaggeration, and good sense of symbolism. For
example, when the author narrates that the bed is moving, you can tell that some
plan or the other is going to come up to escape from that situation.
I really loved this book and would rate it at least nine on
ten if given a choice. I hope that many of my friends and classmates will read
this book and give me feedback on how they liked it.
Thank You!!
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