Saki's Purpose

The aunt’s story was not interesting and it could be seen easily by readers. Both the children and the bachelor were not pleased with the story even though the aunt didn’t agree with them. When the children were asking why the sheep were driven out of the field, the readers could see the children weren’t convinced with their aunt’s poor explanation. The children think the bachelor’s story was beautiful while on the other hand the aunt thought it was improper. The bachelor would have different incidents that explains the “why questions” differently. Unlike the aunt, the bachelor had fully convinced the children with his explanations that handled the children’s questions. Aunt only made up poor excuses that made the children unsatisfied. If we think back to the aunt’s earlier story about a good girl, we can compare it with the bachelor’s good girl story. The bachelor’s story has a more complex message and plot that explains every action and reason for a person’s action in descriptive details. It shows how story tellers can be good or bad by the way they tell stories. If the children say something, the aunt would be stubborn and say something that’s not creative while the bachelor would try to be humorous or imaginative.