Satire in "The Storyteller"

The story told by the bachelor was a satire to mock and make fun of the aunt’s story. The bachelor used the same story as the aunt, except that the setting and the details of the story was different. It used all the descriptive details that helped the children imagine what the story was like in their mind. Saki is trying to make fun of people who are too “realistic” and “proper”. The aunt felt that the bachelor’s story was not anywhere related to reality. A garden with pigs instead of flowers and other plots in the story expressed the aunt’s attitude towards story telling. Saki used the bachelor’s story to make his point by making the bachelor’s story similar to the aunt’s story, but making it more interesting and detailed, which made the children enjoyed the story. When the bachelor finished his story, the aunt said that his story was improper, making herself look even more stubborn and an uncreative person. This created the satire and the point Saki was trying to make: everything in the world is unfair where one may have its own wants when they weren’t really that hard working and another person may be doing things obediently and not get the things he or she deserved.