The Analysis of "The Irish Stew" by J.Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English novelist and humorist. His books are loved by readers even nowadays, though Jerome’s contemporaries didn’t give high praise of his works and some literature critics thought that his novels and romances didn’t concern serious and actual problems of life being a little bit senselessness. But these suggestions were erroneous. On the contrary we can see his attitude to modern English reality and how he discloses absurdity of well-established norms of behavior, morals and manners. Jerome is best known for the humorous travelogue “Three Men in a Boat”.
The novel narrates about three fellows George, Harris, Jerome, who discuss their problems with health of which they suffer so much. So they take a decision to have a rest of the city life. As the result comrades decide on boating holiday up the river Thames to Oxford during which they will camp. The theme of the extract is unpracticality of people against the nature. And the idea is to show how helpless modern man is when he is face to face with nature.
As for the extract given in the book we can divide it into three logical parts. The first one is called “Sweet Sonning”. In this part the author describes a beautiful town in which the main characters put up for the night. The narrator tells us about his impressions of Sonning, he says it is the most fairy-like nook on the whole river.
The second part called “Irish Stew”, which falls into four subparts: “Peeling potatoes”, “Scraping Potatoes”, “Other Ingredients”, “Montmorency’s contribution”.
The first subpart consists of narration how these fellows try a good, slap-up supper. For everyone in this company it seems a fascinating idea. So George gathers wood and makes a fire while Harris and Jerome try to peel potatoes. After long and harassing attempts they have to admit that peeling potatoes is very undertaking, both of them try to do their best but it is really hard. Besides George criticizes their work.
The second subpart is about
The novel narrates about three fellows George, Harris, Jerome, who discuss their problems with health of which they suffer so much. So they take a decision to have a rest of the city life. As the result comrades decide on boating holiday up the river Thames to Oxford during which they will camp. The theme of the extract is unpracticality of people against the nature. And the idea is to show how helpless modern man is when he is face to face with nature.
As for the extract given in the book we can divide it into three logical parts. The first one is called “Sweet Sonning”. In this part the author describes a beautiful town in which the main characters put up for the night. The narrator tells us about his impressions of Sonning, he says it is the most fairy-like nook on the whole river.
The second part called “Irish Stew”, which falls into four subparts: “Peeling potatoes”, “Scraping Potatoes”, “Other Ingredients”, “Montmorency’s contribution”.
The first subpart consists of narration how these fellows try a good, slap-up supper. For everyone in this company it seems a fascinating idea. So George gathers wood and makes a fire while Harris and Jerome try to peel potatoes. After long and harassing attempts they have to admit that peeling potatoes is very undertaking, both of them try to do their best but it is really hard. Besides George criticizes their work.
The second subpart is about