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Analysis of ”The kite”
“The Kite” is a short story written in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham. Mr. Maugham is well known for his very popular short stories, which are quite easy read and understood by everyone. The above-mentioned characteristics of Mr. Maugham and his short stories made him grew very wealthy; actually he was the best-paid author in the world in the 1930’ies. “The Kite” has an open first-person narrator in the beginning and in the end, probably Mr. Maugham, who is being told the story by his good friend Ned Preston. Most of the story on the other hand has a hidden first-person narrator. This might sound a bit complicated but it isn’t as you get on with the reading.
In “The Kite” we have four main characters, and they are Herbert, Bettie, Samuel and Beatrice. In addition to those there are two more characters, Ned Preston and an omniscient first-person narrator. Herbert is the only child of Samuel and Beatrice (Mr. and Mrs. Sunbury.) He is described as a well-behaved boy, later as an attractive young man. He is a smart, but also very stubborn boy who won’t retreat from his opinions. I would say that his relationship with his parents – especially his mother – is a lot different, to what you would call a normal relationship between mother and son. Beatrice is described as a little, strong, active and wiry woman. I find Beatrice more than enough conservative; she won’t let Herbert play with other children, she won’t have him going out on Saturday evenings even though he is by far old enough to do so etc. Beatrice makes up a lot of funny rules for her son so he won’t get any other inputs for life than the ones given by her. In addition to that I find Beatrice very snobbish because of the way she sees and talks to strangers. Samuel is, as far as I see it, extremely oppressed by his wife. Samuel has been working hard and faithful all of his life, as a clerk in a lawyer’s office. He started as an office boy and from there he worked his way up to a respectable position. I would categorize the Sunbury’s as a better middle-class family. Ned Preston is a prison visitor at Wormwood Scrubs, and that’s how he’s got to know Herbert. Ned Preston is the one who told our narrator the story.
The story takes place in a suburb. The exact city is however irrelevant to the story. The story spans over a long period of time. My guess is about twenty-one to twenty-two years, because that is how old Herbert is in the end of the story.
The main theme in this short story is – as I see it – family matters. Our most important main character, Herbert, is brought up in a very different way compared to the average child. He is, all through the story extremely close bound to his mother; only at the time where he lives with Betty, he is separated from her. But even when he is physically separated from her, he is still mentally dependent on her, in the way that he can’t help to go and see her and his father at the common every Saturday. He either hates here ore loves her more than any other girl. It doesn’t, take Herbert many seconds to decide to come and help his parents with their new kite, when he hears that they have found, an other boy who can help them with their new kite. In a figurative sense Herbert hasn’t got his umbilical cord cut. A symbol for that might be the kite flying. If you are flying a kite, you must have contact with it all the time trough a line ore a string. So does Beatrice have contact with Herbert the entire time, Herbert can go and get married but in the end, he’ll always come back to his mum. Another symbol might be the fact that as Herbert gets older his mother gradually starts buying bigger and more expensive kites. The reason for this is, of course, that she wants to keep him close by herself. This might sound quite normal, but the way she does it is not normal. Her only reason for doing it is to please herself, and keep Herbert from coming out and see what life really is.
I think that he is way to dependent on his mother, his age considered. However this is not Herbert’s fault, but his mother’s. You might see Herbert and his mother as a couple, where Herbert only has room for one girl at the time, first his mother, then Betty, and then his mother again. His mother on the other hand has room for two men in her life at the same time, Herbert and Samuel.
I have chosen to compare “The Kite” with tree other short stories and one movie. The short stories are “Clara’s Day”, “The Terrapin” and “A Chip In The Sugar”. The movie is “American Beauty”. They all have the same main theme, family matters. Particularly “A Chip In The Sugar” is comparable to “The Kite”. In both stories the main character is a boy who is extremely dependent on his mother.
In short terms I’d say, that Mr. Mougham’s message with this story is to explain us how important, it is to let go of your children soon enough. I also think that he is trying to show how great damage it can do if a mother – this is normally done by mothers – is fussing to much over her child.
“The Kite” is a short story written in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham. Mr. Maugham is well known for his very popular short stories, which are quite easy read and understood by everyone. The above-mentioned characteristics of Mr. Maugham and his short stories made him grew very wealthy; actually he was the best-paid author in the world in the 1930’ies. “The Kite” has an open first-person narrator in the beginning and in the end, probably Mr. Maugham, who is being told the story by his good friend Ned Preston. Most of the story on the other hand has a hidden first-person narrator. This might sound a bit complicated but it isn’t as you get on with the reading.
In “The Kite” we have four main characters, and they are Herbert, Bettie, Samuel and Beatrice. In addition to those there are two more characters, Ned Preston and an omniscient first-person narrator. Herbert is the only child of Samuel and Beatrice (Mr. and Mrs. Sunbury.) He is described as a well-behaved boy, later as an attractive young man. He is a smart, but also very stubborn boy who won’t retreat from his opinions. I would say that his relationship with his parents – especially his mother – is a lot different, to what you would call a normal relationship between mother and son. Beatrice is described as a little, strong, active and wiry woman. I find Beatrice more than enough conservative; she won’t let Herbert play with other children, she won’t have him going out on Saturday evenings even though he is by far old enough to do so etc. Beatrice makes up a lot of funny rules for her son so he won’t get any other inputs for life than the ones given by her. In addition to that I find Beatrice very snobbish because of the way she sees and talks to strangers. Samuel is, as far as I see it, extremely oppressed by his wife. Samuel has been working hard and faithful all of his life, as a clerk in a lawyer’s office. He started as an office boy and from there he worked his way up to a respectable position. I would categorize the Sunbury’s as a better middle-class family. Ned Preston is a prison visitor at Wormwood Scrubs, and that’s how he’s got to know Herbert. Ned Preston is the one who told our narrator the story.
The story takes place in a suburb. The exact city is however irrelevant to the story. The story spans over a long period of time. My guess is about twenty-one to twenty-two years, because that is how old Herbert is in the end of the story.
The main theme in this short story is – as I see it – family matters. Our most important main character, Herbert, is brought up in a very different way compared to the average child. He is, all through the story extremely close bound to his mother; only at the time where he lives with Betty, he is separated from her. But even when he is physically separated from her, he is still mentally dependent on her, in the way that he can’t help to go and see her and his father at the common every Saturday. He either hates here ore loves her more than any other girl. It doesn’t, take Herbert many seconds to decide to come and help his parents with their new kite, when he hears that they have found, an other boy who can help them with their new kite. In a figurative sense Herbert hasn’t got his umbilical cord cut. A symbol for that might be the kite flying. If you are flying a kite, you must have contact with it all the time trough a line ore a string. So does Beatrice have contact with Herbert the entire time, Herbert can go and get married but in the end, he’ll always come back to his mum. Another symbol might be the fact that as Herbert gets older his mother gradually starts buying bigger and more expensive kites. The reason for this is, of course, that she wants to keep him close by herself. This might sound quite normal, but the way she does it is not normal. Her only reason for doing it is to please herself, and keep Herbert from coming out and see what life really is.
I think that he is way to dependent on his mother, his age considered. However this is not Herbert’s fault, but his mother’s. You might see Herbert and his mother as a couple, where Herbert only has room for one girl at the time, first his mother, then Betty, and then his mother again. His mother on the other hand has room for two men in her life at the same time, Herbert and Samuel.
I have chosen to compare “The Kite” with tree other short stories and one movie. The short stories are “Clara’s Day”, “The Terrapin” and “A Chip In The Sugar”. The movie is “American Beauty”. They all have the same main theme, family matters. Particularly “A Chip In The Sugar” is comparable to “The Kite”. In both stories the main character is a boy who is extremely dependent on his mother.
In short terms I’d say, that Mr. Mougham’s message with this story is to explain us how important, it is to let go of your children soon enough. I also think that he is trying to show how great damage it can do if a mother – this is normally done by mothers – is fussing to much over her child.
Svar #1
02. marts 2004 af Fingersen (Slettet)
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Analysis of ”The Kite”
“The Kite” is a short story written (in) 1947 by William Somerset Maugham.
Mr. Maugham is known for his very popular short stories, which are quite easy to read and can be understood by everyone.
His personality and his short stories was what made Mr. Maugham very wealthy. He was actually the world's best-paid author in the 1930s. “The Kite” has to begin with an open first-person narrator. This narrative form also shows itself in the end through Mr. Maugham, whom his good friend Ned Preston tells a story.
Most of the story, however, has indeed a hidden first-person narrator. This might sound quite complicated but once you start reading it actually is not.
MVH
Fingersen
Analysis of ”The Kite”
“The Kite” is a short story written (in) 1947 by William Somerset Maugham.
Mr. Maugham is known for his very popular short stories, which are quite easy to read and can be understood by everyone.
His personality and his short stories was what made Mr. Maugham very wealthy. He was actually the world's best-paid author in the 1930s. “The Kite” has to begin with an open first-person narrator. This narrative form also shows itself in the end through Mr. Maugham, whom his good friend Ned Preston tells a story.
Most of the story, however, has indeed a hidden first-person narrator. This might sound quite complicated but once you start reading it actually is not.
MVH
Fingersen
Svar #2
02. marts 2004 af Fingersen (Slettet)
In “The Kite” we have four main characters. They are Herbert, Bettie, Samuel and Beatrice. In addition to these, we have two more characters: Ned Preston and an omniscient first-person narrator.
Herbert is the only child of Samuel and Beatrice - Mr. and Mrs. Sunbury. He is described as a boy brought up to be a good boy. He is later as desbriced as an attractive young man.
He is besides that a smart, but also very stubborn boy who does not change his views of things.
I would say that his relationship with his parents – especially his mother – is a lot different from what you would call a normal relationship between a mother and a son.
Beatrice is described as a little, strong, active and wiry woman. I find Beatrice more conservative than what is good for; she does let Herbert play with her children. Although he is old it enough to do so, she does not even allow him go go out on Saturdays.
Bringing funny rules into play, Beatrice makes sure her son is not influenced by any other people than herself.
Additionally, I think Beatrice is very snobbish because of the way she looks and at strangers and talks to them. Samuel is, as far as I see it, extremly oppressed by hit wife. Samuel has worked and been faithful all his life as a cleark at a lawyer's office.
He started working as an office boy and avanced all his he way up to a valauble position. I would categorize the Sunbury’s as a better middle-class family.
Ned Preston is a prison visitor at Wormwood Scrubs, and that is where he got to know Herbert. Ned Preston is the one who is the narrator of the story.
Herbert is the only child of Samuel and Beatrice - Mr. and Mrs. Sunbury. He is described as a boy brought up to be a good boy. He is later as desbriced as an attractive young man.
He is besides that a smart, but also very stubborn boy who does not change his views of things.
I would say that his relationship with his parents – especially his mother – is a lot different from what you would call a normal relationship between a mother and a son.
Beatrice is described as a little, strong, active and wiry woman. I find Beatrice more conservative than what is good for; she does let Herbert play with her children. Although he is old it enough to do so, she does not even allow him go go out on Saturdays.
Bringing funny rules into play, Beatrice makes sure her son is not influenced by any other people than herself.
Additionally, I think Beatrice is very snobbish because of the way she looks and at strangers and talks to them. Samuel is, as far as I see it, extremly oppressed by hit wife. Samuel has worked and been faithful all his life as a cleark at a lawyer's office.
He started working as an office boy and avanced all his he way up to a valauble position. I would categorize the Sunbury’s as a better middle-class family.
Ned Preston is a prison visitor at Wormwood Scrubs, and that is where he got to know Herbert. Ned Preston is the one who is the narrator of the story.
Svar #3
03. marts 2004 af Fingersen (Slettet)
The story takes place in a suburb. The exact city is, however, irrelevant to the story. The story spans over a long period of time. My guess is about twenty-one to twenty-two years because that is how old, Herbert is at the end of the story.
The main theme in this short story is – as I see it – family issues. Our most important main character, Herbert, is brought up in a very different way compared to the average child. He is throughout the story very closely bound to his mother. Only when he lives with Betty, he is separated from her.
However, even when he is physically separated from her, he is still mentally dependent on her. That in such a way, he cannot help go and see her and his father on every Saturday. He either hates her or loves her more than any other girl. It does not take Herbert many seconds to decide to come and help his parents with their new kite when he hears they have found another boy who can help them with their new kite.
In a figurative sense Herbert has not yet had his umbilical cord cut. A symbol which might be represented in the kite's flying.
If you are flying a kite, you must have contact with it all the time trough a line or a string. So does Beatrice have contact with Herbert the entire time. Herbert can go and get married but in the end, he will always come back to his mum.
Another symbol might be the fact that as Herbert gets older his mother gradually starts buying bigger and more expensive kites. The reason why is - of course - that she wants to keep him to herself. This might sound quite normal, but the way she does it is not normal.
Her only reason for doing it is to please herself, and keep Herbert from coming out and see what life really is about.
I think that he is way to dependent on his mother consindering his. However, this is not Herbert’s fault but his mother’s. You might see Herbert and his mother as a couple where Herbert only has room for one girl at the time. First his mother, then Betty, and then his mother again. His mother, on the other hand, has room for two men in her life at the same time: Herbert and Samuel.
The main theme in this short story is – as I see it – family issues. Our most important main character, Herbert, is brought up in a very different way compared to the average child. He is throughout the story very closely bound to his mother. Only when he lives with Betty, he is separated from her.
However, even when he is physically separated from her, he is still mentally dependent on her. That in such a way, he cannot help go and see her and his father on every Saturday. He either hates her or loves her more than any other girl. It does not take Herbert many seconds to decide to come and help his parents with their new kite when he hears they have found another boy who can help them with their new kite.
In a figurative sense Herbert has not yet had his umbilical cord cut. A symbol which might be represented in the kite's flying.
If you are flying a kite, you must have contact with it all the time trough a line or a string. So does Beatrice have contact with Herbert the entire time. Herbert can go and get married but in the end, he will always come back to his mum.
Another symbol might be the fact that as Herbert gets older his mother gradually starts buying bigger and more expensive kites. The reason why is - of course - that she wants to keep him to herself. This might sound quite normal, but the way she does it is not normal.
Her only reason for doing it is to please herself, and keep Herbert from coming out and see what life really is about.
I think that he is way to dependent on his mother consindering his. However, this is not Herbert’s fault but his mother’s. You might see Herbert and his mother as a couple where Herbert only has room for one girl at the time. First his mother, then Betty, and then his mother again. His mother, on the other hand, has room for two men in her life at the same time: Herbert and Samuel.
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