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1. KEEPING IT FROM
HAROLD
By-P.G. Wodehouse

2. ABOUT P.G WODEHOUSE
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P. G. WodehouseAKA Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Born: 15-Oct-1881
Birthplace: Guildford, Surrey, England
Died: 14-Feb-1975
Location of death: Remsen burg, Long Island, NY
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Remsen burg Cemetery, Remsen
burg, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author
Nationality: England
Executive summary: Jeeves novels
Father: Henry E. Wodehouse (a Hong Kong
magistrate)
Wife: Ethel Rowley (widow, m. 1914, until his death, d.
1984, one daughter)

3. ABOUT:-P.G WODEHOUSE
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Sir Pelham Grenville
Wodehouse, KBE ; 15 October 1881 –
14 February 1975) was an English
humorist, whose body of work includes
novels, short
stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and
numerous pieces of journalism. He
enjoyed enormous popular success
during a career that lasted more than
seventy years and his many writings
continue to be widely read. Despite the
political and social upheavals that
occurred during his life,

4. MUCH OF WHICH WAS SPENT IN
FRANCE AND THE UNITED
STATES, WODEHOUSE'S MAIN
CANVAS REMAINED THAT OF A
PRE- AND POST-WORLD WAR I
ENGLISH UPPER-CLASS
SOCIETY, REFLECTING HIS
BIRTH, EDUCATION AND
YOUTHFUL WRITING CAREER.

5. KEEPING IT FROM HAROID
Mr. and Mrs.
Bramble were
immensely proud of
their son Harold
 Harold was ten
years old, a prodigy
and an exceptional
child by all
standards.
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An intellectual, he won
prizes in competitions. He
was very classy and so
superior that even his
parents developed a
complex. Harold was a
model of excellent behavior
and he respected his
parents a lot. Mr. Bramble
was a professional boxer
and had been proud of his
fame but ever since Harold
was born, he had kept this
as a secret. Harold was
told that his father was a
commercial traveler.

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Mr. Bramble who had thrived
on his feats in the boxing
ring, trembled to see his
name in print now. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Bramble were
secretly a little afraid of their
son and did not wish to fall in
his esteem. Mr. Bramble was
already thirty-one years old
and he had decided to have
his last boxing match and
then retire.

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A week away, Bill Bramble
was scheduled to have his
last fight, the twenty-round
contest with American
Murphy at the National
Sporting Club, for which he
was training at the White
Hart down the road.

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Mrs. Bramble sends Harold for a walk but she is
surprised to see her husband and her brother,
Major Percy Stokes in the doorway. She is
shocked to know that Bill has decided not to fight
and there is lot of discussion regarding his
decision with Percy Stokes. Mrs. Bramble makes
it clear that this step was unacceptable to her,
even if she did not like her husband's profession.
Bill Bramble was supposed to win five hundred
pounds, and one hundred and twenty, even if he
lost. This money was very much needed to cater
to Harold's education. The trainer, Jerry Fisher,
enters at this juncture and he is also shocked to
discover that Bill has decided to back out at the
eleventh hour.

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Jerry begs, pleads, cries and tempts Bill but he
is steadfast in his decision because this fight will
be covered by all newspapers and Harold will
discover this secret. Tempers are running high,
and at this critical moment, Harold makes his
entry. Mr. Jerry Fisher feels cheated, he wants
his revenge. So he spills over the entire story to
Harold, despite all opposition. Bill feels let down
in front of his son and tells him frankly that he
was not a man of wrath but just a professional
boxer and he is withdrawing from his last match.
Harold who had been watching all, suddenly
surprises everyone.

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He is angry with his
parents for hiding
this secret but the
content of his
speech takes
everyone's breath
away. Harold reveals
that he was betting
> By P.G.
Wodehouse

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his pocket money on the
defeat of Jimmy Murphy
and his friends would
have been awfully proud
of him, had they known
that his father was
'Young Porky'. He even
requests for a
photograph of his father
to impress his friends.
This talk encourages
Jerry Fischer and Bill
also goes to complete
his training.

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Harold reverts back to playing games with
his mother and continues with his
affectionate chat.

14. QUESTION & ANSWER
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What sort of a domestic creature was Mrs.
Bramble?
Mrs. Bramble was such a domestic creature
whose life was meant and spent for her very
popular husband and her very genius son
Harold. She was often lost in reveries
meditating on her family‟s sound future.

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What did Harold dislike of his mother?
Harold disliked his mother‟s referring to
him in third person, that is, addressing
herself „mother‟ rather than I and calling
him dearie or precious which sounded
rather against his impressions of himself.
In fact Harold liked to be considered as a
young man of ten years.

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What was a constant source of
amazement to Mrs. Bramble?
The constant source of amazement for
Mrs. Bramble was that her son Harold had
no character traits of his father, the
nationally acclaimed Young Porky, the
boxer. Unlike his father, Harold was a
model student for his class.

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Why was Harold’s perfection a trouble
for his parents?
Harold was perfect in everything, right
from his studies to his behavior. Because
he was very precise and that an evasive
answer could not satisfy his questions, his
parents could not simply mix their
definition of a boxer. They had
to, therefore say that Mr. Bill was a
commercial traveler.

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What was to be kept from Harold? Why was it
to be kept from Harold?
The fact that his father was a boxer was to be
kept from Harold. It was so decided by his
parents because they feared that the child would
be hurt to know that his father was a man of
wrath and made a living by injuring people.
Harold had already become a model student in
his school and a model of goodness and
intelligence among his friends and teachers.

19. QUESTION
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How was Bill‟s normal life different from his life in the ring?
Who was Young Porky?
How did Harold defy the law of heredity? How was it found
later that he had not defied the law after all?
“He would have to be chucking the game before it chucked
him.” What did Bill mean by this?
What were Bill‟s plans after retiring from his profession?
Why was Mrs. Bramble amazed to see Percy Stokes when
he was supposed to be at White Hart? Who else was with
him?

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Why did Mr. Bill at first blame Jerry Fischer?
How did Percy and Mr. Bill try to escape Mrs. Bill‟s
wrath?
Why was Mrs. Bramble not glad to see her husband‟s
return from boxing?
What was the real reason for Bill‟s untimely retiring from
boxing?
Why did the coach, Jerry Fischer, follow Mr. Bill to his
home?
What is the villainous role of Major Percy Stokes in the
story?
How did Harold know what his parents didn‟t want him to
know?
What does Harold mean by saying, “it is thick! It is jolly
rotten?”
What is the anti-climax of the story?

21. THANK YOU
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MADE BY:-SAHIL
SHARMA
CLASS:-IX-C
R.NO:-37
K.V.PITAMPURA