Keeping it from Harold
Keeping it from Harold
ABOUT THE STORY
‘Keeping It from Harold’ conveys the idea that it is wrong to undervalue anything which involves physical skills such as boxing, wrestling, etc. while overestimating intellectual activities. Both Mr Bramble and Mrs Bramble are proud of a child prodigy, Mr Bramble is a famous boxer known as ‘Young Porky’. He and his wife come to believe that they should hide from their son the fact of his father being a boxer. They feel that Harold will hate his father. They are encouraged in this wrong belief by the senior curate of the parish and Major Percy Stokes (Mrs Bramble’s brother). Mr Bramble was proud of his being a boxer before the birth of his son. The trainer JLerry Fisher, in anger at his refusal to fight, discloses the secret to Harold. Harold surprises them when he tells them that he is not ashamed of but angry with his father who has refused to fight and defeat his opponent Murphy. Harold feels satisfied when his father gets ready to go with his trainer to prepare himself for the great fight.
CHARACTERS
(i) Mr Bramble
Mr Bramble is a short, sturdy fellow. He is a red-headed man with a broken nose such as boxers generally have. He is thirty-one. He has a long record for respectability and sobriety. He is a famous boxer known as ‘Young Porky’. He is proud of the intellectual abilities of his son Harold. He comes to wrongly believe that Harold will hate him if he comes to know that he is a boxer. Though physically strong, he seems to be mentally weak.
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