novel three men in the boat

4. This person is the narrator of the book
and is a young, single, middle-class man
living in London. A funny and lively
man, who treats about everything as a
joke, lives the life the way it takes it to.
He has no practical thinking. He just tries
to do everything the way he is asked. He
has a dog. He loves food and hates work.

5. • This person is a young single character with a
fondness for drink. At one point, this person
manages to get fairly drunk one night and
imagines being attacked by swans. He is a
nostalgic person, does whatever he wants. He
doesn't care about the people around, is keen at
his own decisions. He seems to love music but
people hate him sing.

6. This character is a bank clerk who
works on Saturdays. It is this person's
idea to take the river trip. He has
practical approach to life, is mature
enough for his age to be, works well ,
experimental good cook.

8. summary
The three friends : Harris, George and Jerome decided to make the
plans for their journey that evening. Harris volunteered to make the
list of what they needed.He then asked Jerome for a piece of paper,
and demanded the grocery catalogue from George for him to make
the list. Jerome was then immediately reminded of his uncle Podger
who, like Harris, volunteers for all the tasks and put it on the backs of
other people.

9. He remembered that day when a photo frame
was to be nailed in the wall of his uncle’s
house. uncle Podger took the burden of
everything and then started to work. He sent a
girl to get the nails, a boy behind him to tell
its size and Will to get a hammer, Tom to get
ruler, the step ladder and the kitchen chair.
Then he sent Jerome to go to Mr.Goggles for
spirit level, and Maria to hold him the light.
When Maria came back , he sent her to get
some picture-cord and called Tom again to
hand him the picture.

10. He then successfully dropped the photo,
and got his hand injured by the glass, and then
sent the whole house to search for his
handkerchief that was on his coat pocket that he
was sitting on . And after all the point measuring
and nail- hammering jobs ( which took until
midnight ), the photo was successfully lopsidedly
hanged( which he thought was ‘so’ smooth ) .
Jerome was sure that Harris would become uncle
Podger in the future , so he asked Harris himself
to fetch everything and make the list .

11. Their first list was discarded , as they were
sure that they won’t be able to navigate in the
Thames with all their ‘necessary’ items. When
they were thinking how to reduce the load,
George gave them the brilliant idea that they
shouldn’t think of the things that they can do
with, but the things that they cannot do with.
Later Jerome argued about people going in
voyages like this who pack their boat to the
point of capsizing. George then suggested that
they would not take tents , but would have a
boat with a cover which was simpler.

12. George then said that a person should take a
cat , a dog, enough clothes, sufficient food,
and more than enough drinks. Jerome didn’t
fancy swimming in the morning. George gave
up the thought of swimming when Harris said
that it gives him an appetite. Both Jerome and
Harris had later realized that they hadn’t
brought more clothes and decided that
George had no idea about washing, as he had
said that two flannels would be enough for
the journey as they would wash it in the river.

21.  They settled the arrangements for the things that
they had to take with them.
 Jerome described Harris as the one who is ready
to take the burden of everything himself and put it
on the backs of other people.
 Jerome felt that Harris would grow up to be like
his uncle.
 So Jerome took up the responsibility to do
things himself than to give it to Harris.
 They made a list and then remade another list.
 George said that they were on a wrong track
altogether. He sensibly helped to make the list.
 They planned to take a boat with cover instead of
a tent and also planned other essential amenities.

23. Why was jerome remindedof his uncle
podger by seeing harris??
Why had uncle podger needed tge
handkerchief and wherewas it?
What was george’s brilliant idea to
lighten the boat ‘s load ??

24. 1. Jerome was reminded of uncle podger by
seeing harris as both of them had the habit of
volunteering for all the tasks and then
gradually putting it in other’s backs
2.Uncle podger needed his hand kerchief to cover his
wounded had that been injured by the glass frame
when he tried to catch it. It was in the coat pocket of
the coat that he was sitting on
3. George suggested that they should not
consider what they can do with but what they
cannot do with