Saki: Hector Hugh Munro

Saki, in another name Hector Hugh Munro was a British writer and master of the short story form and his works were often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. He influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Caroll and Rudyard Kipling and also he influenced to the other authors, such as A. A. Milne and P. G. Wodehouse. Saki was Munro’s pen name and inspiration of his pen name came from the boyish cupbearer in “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” by Edward FitzGerald. However, Saki may refer to a South American monkey name. Hector Hugh Munro wrote a lot of short stories, some of them, he published by book and some of them he published by newspapers. Besides, also he wrote a full-length play, “The Watched Pot”, he collaborated with Charles Maude. His works, which include the classic stories “Tobermory” and “The Open Window”, offer a satirical commentary on Edwardian society and culture. Moreover, his tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives.

Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma (which now known as Myanmar) in 1870. He was the third child between Charles Augustus …show more content…
The story is about two men, Georg Znaeym and Ulrich von Gradwitz, whose families fought over a forest in eastern Carpathian Mountains for generations. Ulrich’s family legally owns the land, but Georg’s family believing that it rightfully belongs to them and hunts there. Ulrich was targeting a gun to Georg Znaeym, however Georg was also ready for kill Ulrich. Both of them can shoot the other without warning. Two men met and stared each other for a moment. Fortunately, both of them did not kill each other and they make the peace. The natural disaster, such as storm made to let them reconcile At this point, this warm mood makes readers relax, but this is a device to maximize the fear will come. At the end, they both bitten by the wolves in the forest. It is then inferred that each man was to be