A Triumph Of Surgery
A Triumph of Surgery
Answer the following questions.
1.What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of common sense?
Ans)The narrator; a veterinary surgeon is a very tactful person. He knows how to deal with people. He adjusts himself well to the circumstances. He immediately understand Tricki’s problem. Tricki doesn’t suffer from any sort of illness. The main cause of its illness is overfeeding. He takes the dog to his surgery. There he keeps it in natural environment.
The dog gets well under his supervision and natural environment of surgery.
2) Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Ans)Tricki was very happy to go home. Tricki was also happy at the surgery. When the dog
was brought into the surgery, it was ill. But in spite of it dog got cured in two days
without any medication. The proper diet and regular exercise helped a lot in its speedy
recovery. The dog regained its best health and was no longer listless. Now, I think the same pampering will start again. Mrs. Pumphrey will take excessive care of the dog. There is no doubt it was her love, but excess of anything is harmful.
3.Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
Ans)The story seems to be a mixture of both. It may be possible for rich people to overfeed
their pets due to love. It is not unusual for them to maintain a vast wardrobe for them
either. But it is unlikely for a veterinary doctor to go out of the way and lie in order to
save an animal. It is also unusual for anyone to consume food which is given in the name
of a pet’s health.
4. Is the narrator as rich as Tricki's mistress?
Ans)Though not clearly stated, there are instances in the story which clearly states that the narrator is not as rich as Tricki’s mistress, Mrs Pumphrey. While the narrator is able to provide Tricki with a warm loose box as a bed, at Mrs Pumphrey’s house, Tricki has a day bed, a night bed, cushions, toys, rubber rings, a breakfast bowl, a lunch bowl, a supper bowl, a whole wardrobe of tweed coats and perhaps many more things. When he arrives to take the dog with him, Mrs Pumphrey has her entire staff at her disposal to transfer all of Tricki’s belongings to the doctor’s car. On hearing from the doctor about Tricki’s gradual recovery, Mrs Pumphrey sends along two dozen eggs at a time, along with bottles of wine and brandy—all in order to help in Tricki’s speedy recovery.
Finally, when she comes to take her recovered dog back home, she comes in a chauffeur driven ‘thirty feet of gleaming black metal’ (an obvious reference to a limousine).
5)Why is he tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
Ans) Mrs Pumphrey had started bringing around eggs to build Tricki's strength. Later , even bottles of wine and brandy began to arrive. The narrator and his household started enjoying the eggs, wine and brandy meant for Tricki. According to the narrator, they were days of deep content for them—This was the reason why the narrator was tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest.
6) Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is 'a triumph of surgery'?
Mrs Pumphrey thought that the dog’s recovery was ‘a triumph of surgery’ because in two weeks, Tricki had recovered completely and had been transformed into a hardmuscled animal. When Tricki saw her, it leaped into her lap and licked her face. She was so excited that tears started rolling out of her eyes. She declared Tricki’s recovery as a triumph of surgery to express her happiness and gratitude towards the doctor.
Answer the following questions.
1.What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of common sense?
Ans)The narrator; a veterinary surgeon is a very tactful person. He knows how to deal with people. He adjusts himself well to the circumstances. He immediately understand Tricki’s problem. Tricki doesn’t suffer from any sort of illness. The main cause of its illness is overfeeding. He takes the dog to his surgery. There he keeps it in natural environment.
The dog gets well under his supervision and natural environment of surgery.
2) Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Ans)Tricki was very happy to go home. Tricki was also happy at the surgery. When the dog
was brought into the surgery, it was ill. But in spite of it dog got cured in two days
without any medication. The proper diet and regular exercise helped a lot in its speedy
recovery. The dog regained its best health and was no longer listless. Now, I think the same pampering will start again. Mrs. Pumphrey will take excessive care of the dog. There is no doubt it was her love, but excess of anything is harmful.
3.Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
Ans)The story seems to be a mixture of both. It may be possible for rich people to overfeed
their pets due to love. It is not unusual for them to maintain a vast wardrobe for them
either. But it is unlikely for a veterinary doctor to go out of the way and lie in order to
save an animal. It is also unusual for anyone to consume food which is given in the name
of a pet’s health.
4. Is the narrator as rich as Tricki's mistress?
Ans)Though not clearly stated, there are instances in the story which clearly states that the narrator is not as rich as Tricki’s mistress, Mrs Pumphrey. While the narrator is able to provide Tricki with a warm loose box as a bed, at Mrs Pumphrey’s house, Tricki has a day bed, a night bed, cushions, toys, rubber rings, a breakfast bowl, a lunch bowl, a supper bowl, a whole wardrobe of tweed coats and perhaps many more things. When he arrives to take the dog with him, Mrs Pumphrey has her entire staff at her disposal to transfer all of Tricki’s belongings to the doctor’s car. On hearing from the doctor about Tricki’s gradual recovery, Mrs Pumphrey sends along two dozen eggs at a time, along with bottles of wine and brandy—all in order to help in Tricki’s speedy recovery.
Finally, when she comes to take her recovered dog back home, she comes in a chauffeur driven ‘thirty feet of gleaming black metal’ (an obvious reference to a limousine).
5)Why is he tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?
Ans) Mrs Pumphrey had started bringing around eggs to build Tricki's strength. Later , even bottles of wine and brandy began to arrive. The narrator and his household started enjoying the eggs, wine and brandy meant for Tricki. According to the narrator, they were days of deep content for them—This was the reason why the narrator was tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest.
6) Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is 'a triumph of surgery'?
Mrs Pumphrey thought that the dog’s recovery was ‘a triumph of surgery’ because in two weeks, Tricki had recovered completely and had been transformed into a hardmuscled animal. When Tricki saw her, it leaped into her lap and licked her face. She was so excited that tears started rolling out of her eyes. She declared Tricki’s recovery as a triumph of surgery to express her happiness and gratitude towards the doctor.
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