The Open Window Saki Analysis

Generally

In Andros Pope’s words, “The Open Window” by Saki is a “slice-of-life story of irony that is

exemplary of Saki”. The person of Vera and Mrs Sapleton are silly and witty while that of

Framton Nuttel suits its hypochondriac essence. Jointly they cultivate a story that exemplifies

how chaos occurs in communication due to clever falsification. It deteriorates Framton’s politeness challenge

to Mrs Sappleton, disorder Mrs Sappleton’s hospitality to Framton in the name of her old

familiarity, distort the living in that household as dead, mis-introduces Mrs Sappleton

as a well-trodden woman, assure the whole housekeeping that Framton is loony, and replaces

friendship and goodwill by horror and evil.

When the story consumption

Sappleton’s

family who don’t know the exact event.

Vera is the portrayal of Saki’s childhood when he wants to rebel against his aunt. He wants to

take revenge to the adults by deceiving them. This story’s theme, deception, is related to

Saki’s feeling when he was a little boy.

Saki employ “The Open Window” as the title because when he was a child his aunt was very strong

and didn’t allow him to play outside. The windows of his aunt’s house were never opened. By making “The Open Window” as the small, he wants to be satirical of her aunt’s strictness. Even

the content of this story is the definition which is made by a child to the adults.

The Open Window is a good story because not only provides good tone but also gives an

unpredictable plot. As we will see through the analysis of the plot, this story is a striking

example of the right way to use satire. We may think the history in some way, but in the end it

turns out to be different than we originally thought. We need to sensible every single

part of this story it also contains moral value for us to consider.

This story provides a comment on another characteristic