The Gentlemen of the Jungle Flashcards

- identify the elements of the story's narrative - remember names -

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Setting

A

In a jungle, on a stormy day

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Theme

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  • Injustice -Colonization -Abuse of Power -Corruption -Prejudice
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3
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Conflict

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Man vs man

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4
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Symbolism

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Hut - Africa / Natural Resources
Animals - Europeans
Fire - Protesting

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Exposition

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  • During a storm, the elephant asks the man if he could share his hut with his trunk. When the man agrees, the elephant ends up kicking out the man. The man becomes angry with the elephant.
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Rising Action -

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The elephant who pretended to be his friend to occupy his hut. With their dispute, they catch every animal’s attention in the jungle, including the lion king. This causes them to go to “court.”

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Climax -

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The elephant wins the case by lying and bribing the Commission of Enquiry. But, they allow the man to take any place in the jungle to build a new hut.

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Falling Action

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  • The man begins to build a new hut for himself, but when he finishes, an animal will occupy his place. The process is repeated until all of the animals have their own hut.

When all of the old huts begin to decay, the man builds a giant hut to accommodate all of the animals. When all of the animals are inside and start to bicker,the man sets the hut on fire and burns it to the ground.

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9
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whos the author

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Jomo Kenyatta

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10
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who does the author emphases

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The Man (dynamic character)

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