F.5 Best Seller (O. Henry)

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Q. John is a hypocrite. Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your answer.

A. No, John Pescud is not a hypocrite, even though condemns "the best sellers" ironically his life has the same sort of story. But John is not aware, yet about this fact. Had he been aware, he would not have been critical of the best sellers, or must have not narrated his story with such enthusiasm, had he been a hypocrite.

Q. RTC 
"I don't see why people go to work and buy hundreds of thousands of books which are best sellers. You don't see or hear any such capers in real life"

i)  Who is the speaker of these lines?

A. John A Pescud is the speaker of these lines.

ii) What is he discussing in these lines?

A. In these lines, John is discussing that people go and buy books with unrealistic and bizarre stories, love stories, so much that they become best sellers.

iii) What is ironical about this statement?

A. The ironical thing about this statement is that John says that the stories of the best sellers are never seen or heard about in real life, while his own story is similar to that of a best seller. Pescud is ignorant, he doesn't know that his story belongs to the very type he criticizes.

Q. What was John A. Pescud's opinion about bestsellers?

A. John A. Pescud was hypocritical for bestsellers. He believes that these books are not worth buying and reading, because their stories are illogical and impractical. He thinks that such stories are not possible in real life although his own story is a similar one. Pescud wants fiction writers should be consistent with their scenes and characters.

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