The Tiger, The Brahman, The Jackal by Joseph Jacobs in "Indian Fairy Tales." : (Bengal Tiger source ) Characters: A Tiger, Brahman, Jackal, Tree, Buffalo, and a Road. Plot: The Brahman frees a tiger from a cage, but the tiger wants to eat him. He goes and asks a Tree, Road, and a Jackal if he should accept being eaten. Everyone except the Jackal says he should accept being eaten. The Jackal tricks the tiger into going back into the cage, saving the Brahman. Techniques that were interesting: The author build tension by having by having two of the character that the Brahman asks for help tell him to just accept his fate like it's just how the world works. He (author) made it seem like the Brahman would probably have to accept it. Also, how convincing was this tiger, Like having a tiger slave would be cool, but like what were the logistics of it. Why'd he think this was at all a good idea. Also, I liked that the jackal didn't go right into helping the man out. H...
Wow, that is cooler! Good to cool down in the summer
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