A short summary of “lady or the tiger”

a short story begins with the portrayal of a half-barbaric king who is an unpredictable man. He is inclined to transforming odd likes he has into the real world. The story revolves around the king’s manner to deal with equity. He has built a public arena with two doors from the idea received from distant Latin neighbors.

Any individual under his rule who carries out a crime of adequate intrigue is brought to the arena where they should pick their destiny by choosing between two doors. A savage and ferocious tiger is left behind one door that will kill the individual alive. Behind the other door is a reasonable woman and the individual should marry her immediately whether he likes her or not. So the destiny of the individual is sentenced to some coincidence. It has been known to every person under his rule.

The King enjoys this arrangement of equity. At some point, the King discovers that his daughter has fallen in love with a courageous and honest young man. But the young man is a courtier and not of regal birth. Chafed by this, he has brought the princess’ lover to the arena to decide his fate. During this time, the princess utilizes her cleverness and pays off to gather information about the doors. The lady who will be inside the door has recently stimulated jealous in the princess.

When the young man looks at her for a clue to open the door. She signals him towards a door. Which door did the princess signal him? The Lady or the Tiger?. Here the author ends the story and the decision has been left to the readers.

Explanation i read the book

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel