ANALYSIS OF THE STORY
A man married two wives and both of them got pregnant and give birth to
a baby boy at once. As the two boys grow
up, the son to the second wife in enmity with that of the first wife because of
there fathers property. One day the son to the second wife poisoned biscuit and
give to his step brother and he left with his dog on their way he was feeling
hungry and wanted to eat the biscuit which the dog prevent him and in other to
show him that the biscuit was
poisoned he ate it and die, he carried the dog
and start crying shouting the name of the dog, on his way he meet seven boys
who was just seating down and there ask him why he is crying and he said that
his brother gave him biscuit and the biscuit kill his dog, there just collect
the dog from him, cook it and eat, after eating it there die, the boy seeing that the boys that
ate his dog are dead he ran away at a
point he was hungry and thirsty, the saw
a man driving his horse and sweat was
flowing all over his body, the boy stop him
and drink the sweat from the mans
body and get strength to further his journey. Getting to one village where there is news
that the king is so intelligent that know kind of question that he can not
answer and that if anybody should ask him question which he cannot answer the
person will take over his ruler ship, people ask questions from different view
and the king answer. The boy went to the
king and said that he will ask him question which he will not be able to answer
it but the king said it is not possible that people who is bigger than him ask
him and he answer how much more him, the body insist and the king tell him to
ask him question or else he will be kill. The boy said to the king “king my brother give me
biscuit, biscuit kill boobom, boobom kill seven people, water that did not come
from heaven nor earth I drink” what did I say? The king thought of that words
and reply to him you said that your brother gave you biscuit, biscuit kill
boobo boobo kill seven people and he did not know the meaning of the water that
is not form heaven nor earth and I drink, he ask him to go and come back in 7
day, he came back in seven days and ask him question and the king answered and
still did not know what the word ‘water that is not form heaven nor earth and I
drink it” he was ask to tell the meaning of that expression and he did and the
king resign for him to rule and that was how the
body become the king.
THEME
Discrimination: This theme is
seen in the life of the second son of the mans wife who discriminate that his
step brother will take part in the sharing of their fathers property and planned
to eliminate him which turn for his own good.
Pride:
The them of pride in this story is seen in the life of the king who
think that he knows everything and declare that who ever that will ask him
question which he can not be able to answer, he will give his ruler ship to the
person which fail him and cause him to lose his ruler ship to a small boy.
Determination: The theme of
determination is seen in the life of the
small boy who later become a king in a strange land irrespective of the difficulties and hardship
on his way he never taught of going back to his village and also by
determine to go and tell the king
that he can ask him question
which he will not be able to answer.
THEMATIC
ANALYSIS
1.
Language: The storyteller uses simple language,
which make the story easy to understand with the use of the words like boobom,
biscuit, king, which represent human being and object.
2.
Figure of speech:
Hyperbole: The condition
of supporting is exaggerated in this story for example, ‘my brother give me
biscuit, biscuit kill, boobom, boobom kill seven people, water that is not from
heaven nor earth I drink it”
3. Point of view: The story
teller uses third person point to view which makes him to use words like he,
there and them.