Harris’s Character
Harris is the funniest character in the story 'Three
Men in a Boat'. His extreme ideas about certain things in life were quite funny
and ridiculous. Singing was one of them. He had a conceited misconception
about his singing abilities. Harris's friends who had heard him sing believe he
must not be allowed to sing. Once, Harris got an opportunity to sing at a
party. Everyone was quite excited to hear him sing. He surprised everyone by
saying he would sing a comic song! As Harris began singing, he paid least
botheration to follow the singing conventions such as correct phrasing,
vocalization, maintaining proper scale and pitch of voice. While singing, he
would stop in the middle of the song, and start arguing with the pianist. He
would restart the song and keep on repeating just the first three lines until
he forgot the song and again stop singing. Then he would start again, this time
standing in front of the piano and ask the gathering to sing with him in
chorus. The gathering would start singing, nobody knowing what to sing. Then
the pianist would complain about Harris's song and scale. Harris would change
the pianist. Thus Harris would make such a donkey of himself trying to sing a
comic song!
Harris’s maze adventure at Hampton Court was another very
funny incident. Harris thought the maze was too simple to be called a maze. As
he went inside, he found people struggling to find their way out. He scolded
them for their inability to find the way out. He told them to keep taking the
first turning to the right for ten minutes, and they will find the way out.
Harris began walking, taking the right turn; many people began following him.
Even after walking for a long time they could not find the way out. Harris
suggested they would go back and start afresh. However hard Harris tried, he
could not find the way out. Finally people became angry with him, and the
experienced maze keeper was called and took everyone out.
Similarly, Harris keeps amusing the readers with his funny actions and words throughout the novel.
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The writer being hypochondric in the novel thinks that he was suffering from all the diseases except housemaid knee. when he went to the doctor, he examined the writer and wrote him a prescription. without even reading the prescription writer hands it to the chemist thinking that there would be some medicines prescribed for him. but the chemist gave the slip back to writer and told him that he couldn't help. the writer reads the prescription and finds that doctor has prescribed him 1lb beefsteak, some walk and sleep at sharp 11 at night. this was the humour that the doctor made to the writer.
Gaurav Seth 6 years, 4 months ago
Harris’s Character
Harris is the funniest character in the story 'Three
Men in a Boat'. His extreme ideas about certain things in life were quite funny
and ridiculous. Singing was one of them. He had a conceited misconception
about his singing abilities. Harris's friends who had heard him sing believe he
must not be allowed to sing. Once, Harris got an opportunity to sing at a
party. Everyone was quite excited to hear him sing. He surprised everyone by
saying he would sing a comic song! As Harris began singing, he paid least
botheration to follow the singing conventions such as correct phrasing,
vocalization, maintaining proper scale and pitch of voice. While singing, he
would stop in the middle of the song, and start arguing with the pianist. He
would restart the song and keep on repeating just the first three lines until
he forgot the song and again stop singing. Then he would start again, this time
standing in front of the piano and ask the gathering to sing with him in
chorus. The gathering would start singing, nobody knowing what to sing. Then
the pianist would complain about Harris's song and scale. Harris would change
the pianist. Thus Harris would make such a donkey of himself trying to sing a
comic song!
Harris’s maze adventure at Hampton Court was another very
funny incident. Harris thought the maze was too simple to be called a maze. As
he went inside, he found people struggling to find their way out. He scolded
them for their inability to find the way out. He told them to keep taking the
first turning to the right for ten minutes, and they will find the way out.
Harris began walking, taking the right turn; many people began following him.
Even after walking for a long time they could not find the way out. Harris
suggested they would go back and start afresh. However hard Harris tried, he
could not find the way out. Finally people became angry with him, and the
experienced maze keeper was called and took everyone out.
Similarly, Harris keeps amusing the readers with his funny actions and words throughout the novel.
<hr />The writer being hypochondric in the novel thinks that he was suffering from all the diseases except housemaid knee. when he went to the doctor, he examined the writer and wrote him a prescription. without even reading the prescription writer hands it to the chemist thinking that there would be some medicines prescribed for him. but the chemist gave the slip back to writer and told him that he couldn't help. the writer reads the prescription and finds that doctor has prescribed him 1lb beefsteak, some walk and sleep at sharp 11 at night. this was the humour that the doctor made to the writer.
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