Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Custody of the Pumpkin
- Characters
- Lord Emsowrth
- main character
- peculiar behaviour
- overly dependent
- always in sticky sitations
- 9th Earl
- Hon. Frederick Threepwood (Freddie)
- Lord Emsworth's 2nd son
- adventurous
- energetic
- Mischievous
- Angus McAllister
- head gardener
- Scottish
- sturdy
- frim headed
- honest
- Niagara Donaldson
- Freddie's fiancee
- daughter of a multi-billionaire
- American
- talented
- bright
- exuberant
- Lord Emsowrth's butler
- Mr Donaldson
- Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe
- Constable
- Park-keeper
- Themes
- Eccentricities and lack of common sense
- Father and son relationship
- Class system
- Money
- Status and wealth
- Nature
- Setting and Atmosphere
- Blandings castle
- Castle's terrace
- Yew alley
- London
- Senior Conservative Club
- Hotel magnificent
- Kensington Gardens
- Shrewsbury castle
- Language, Tone and Structure
- humour
- 3rd person omniscient
- irony
- sarcasm
- informal/colloquial style
- Scottish dialect
- stream of consciousness
- Climax
- conflict
- Disapproval of marriage
- suspense
- tension
- turning point (McAlister arrives at KG)
- No one to look after pumpkin