Here There Be Tygers

[Srbo]

Short story from Skeleton Crew.

I`ve read it last night three times in a row and didn`t get it - could someone please explain to me what this story is about ?

Thanks.:smile2:

[csk27]

Well SK was really young when he wrote it, so I think it's horror for the sake of horror. There really isn't any meaning to it.

[Srbo]

Thanks.:smile2:

But didn`t find to much horror in it either. Just the imagination of a kid.

Anyone else ?

[racheypen80]

Thanks.:smile2:

But didn`t find to much horror in it either. Just the imagination of a kid.

Anyone else ?

*whew* I thought I was the only one. I don't get it either and have reread it about 10 times. I think I was looking for more meaning than was there.

[Born In Sin]

Short story from Skeleton Crew.

I`ve read it last night three times in a row and didn`t get it - could someone please explain to me what this story is about ?

Thanks.:smile2:


Has been a long time since I read this one, must go back and re-read. It is quite short yes?

[jackson992]

not horror? It had a tiger eating people. what can be more horror than that.

[Srbo]

Yes, it is short.
3-4 pages is all there is...

[luvdthestand]

When I think back on my time in grade school, getting a restroom pass was like going on a safari!:biggrin2: I wouldn't have been suprised to find a tiger lurking in the girls restroom....I'm pretty sure that when the prefered meal of 5th graders are in short supply, they could live on the ever growing 'wet toilet paper wad' stalactites forming on the ceiling. :biggrin2:

[JRLauer]

Its been so long since I read that story that I'm not even sure what its about anymore.

[Sterling]

I have always wondered message Sai King was trying to convey through writing this story.

[staropeace]

Didnt he write that because one of his children had a fear of asking to go to the washroom in elementary school?

[Srbo]

Didnt he write that because one of his children had a fear of asking to go to the washroom in elementary school?


Cool.
That may be the answer i was looking for.

[Sintify]

Good story, confusing, but good.

[foster]

I think it is just for the fun of it...(I have always enjoyed it)..and what is more fun than a teacher eating tiger:wink2:

[constantreader85]

thank god, i am not the only one who didnt find any meaning in it. thought i was losingm y mind

[The Outsider]

Maybe just that a child's imagination is more potent than you think....

Or he just got a random idea for tigers in an elementary bathroom?

[DanishReader]

I liked it, it's up to the reader if the tiger's real or not. I would say it's real. It just appeared, just popped up. To the boy's favor.

[strange]

I recently read it and thought it was about the sort of line between imagination and reality because at the end when he returns to class you hear nothing about what happened to his teacher or Kenny so it leaves it open to whether or not you think there was actually a tiger there

[SereneShadow]

I tutor, and I came across a guy whose English teacher made him pick a story out of a list (not all were King's work) and he chose this one. Before we talked about it, I had no idea what was going on. But later, we ended up coming to the conclusion that the tiger represents the deeper part of our minds that truly hates other people and wants them to be destroyed. The boy created the tiger (metaphorically or not is still a good question) from his mind to unleash his anger on the people he disliked.

[God]

I couldnt grasp any deeper meaning in this story, but it is a fun read.

[Twilight2388]

This is one of my favorite off all the short stories! It is about the fear of humiliation in front of peers, the fear of mean teachers (which you can't know unless you had one), and fear in general. I got it and I loved it, I even memorized it for my drama class in High School. I may be wrong, I didn't read anything into it that wasn't obvious so maybe I am way off! :blush: