Character sketch
Montmorency
He belongs to the fox terrier breed. He is the narrators dog. He is different from all the other three characters in the novel taken from the real life situations. He may be viewed as the consciousness of Jerome, the narrator.
When Jerome had found his pet he never thought that he would survive for too long. But he was not only proven wrong by surviving but also turn out to be high spirited dog, killing chickens chasing cats and fighting against other dogs.
It is only he who is not happy with the idea of the boating trip. he feels that there is nothing to do for him on a boat trip as he neither cares for scenery nor smoking. He believes the idea of boating to be a 'bally foolishness.'
He is, by nature a violent dog and is found of noise and action. We have various instances in the novel that would describe him vividly. The packing scene, fighting with other dogs during their journey and the dead rat incident, all of them are pointing towards the same.
He is not portrayed as a mere dog but par with the other human characters. He is clever and adventurous. He also creates humour in the novel. The humour created are often resulted from the actions. He is keen on being a 'perfect nuisance' and to make people go mad at him. His ambition in life is to be 'sworn at' and be cursed he feels proud after achieving such ambitions. he spoils the task of packing as he creates mess by putting his leg into the jam, worrying teaspoons and playing with the lemons taking it to be a rat.
His natures is marked by curiosity and a desire to help as seen by his attempt to hold the boiling kettle where he burns his nose and the contributions of the dead rat
His encounter with the cat 'Tom' is amusing. When he could not frighten the cat with his quick dash a, he had to return embarrassed. He is quick to get into quarrel but when faced with more determined adversaries quick to fall back.
Montmorency
He belongs to the fox terrier breed. He is the narrators dog. He is different from all the other three characters in the novel taken from the real life situations. He may be viewed as the consciousness of Jerome, the narrator.
When Jerome had found his pet he never thought that he would survive for too long. But he was not only proven wrong by surviving but also turn out to be high spirited dog, killing chickens chasing cats and fighting against other dogs.
It is only he who is not happy with the idea of the boating trip. he feels that there is nothing to do for him on a boat trip as he neither cares for scenery nor smoking. He believes the idea of boating to be a 'bally foolishness.'
He is, by nature a violent dog and is found of noise and action. We have various instances in the novel that would describe him vividly. The packing scene, fighting with other dogs during their journey and the dead rat incident, all of them are pointing towards the same.
He is not portrayed as a mere dog but par with the other human characters. He is clever and adventurous. He also creates humour in the novel. The humour created are often resulted from the actions. He is keen on being a 'perfect nuisance' and to make people go mad at him. His ambition in life is to be 'sworn at' and be cursed he feels proud after achieving such ambitions. he spoils the task of packing as he creates mess by putting his leg into the jam, worrying teaspoons and playing with the lemons taking it to be a rat.
His natures is marked by curiosity and a desire to help as seen by his attempt to hold the boiling kettle where he burns his nose and the contributions of the dead rat
His encounter with the cat 'Tom' is amusing. When he could not frighten the cat with his quick dash a, he had to return embarrassed. He is quick to get into quarrel but when faced with more determined adversaries quick to fall back.
