Reading Notes: The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal


The story The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal by Joseph Jacobs contains three main characters, as the title insinuates. The main characters are the tiger, the Brahman, and jackal. The Jackal is not introduced until later in the story. This type of story is a trickster folktale. I noticed significant use of personification in this story. The tiger, jackal, pipal-tree, buffalo, and a road all spoke as if they were humans in this story. At first it is difficult to see how this is a trickster folktale, but it becomes much more evident at the end of the story when it appears that the Brahman and Jackal are working together (or thinking the same thing). The story is a quick read and is easy to follow. The story is laid out in a way that makes it more simple and clear who is speaking and about what. Also, I noticed that the majority of this story is written using quotation marks; and, at some points, is outlining a direct conversation that occurred. I think the length of this story is good in that it is able to easily portray the story yet it is short enough to keep the reader interested. I am definitely interested in using this type of writing method in my own stories.



Source: Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with Illustrations by John D. Batten (1912).



Source: The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal

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