Indledning
The short story “The Gentlemen of the Jungle” by Jomo Kenyatta follows the traditional structure. While we read the title “The Gentlemen of the Jungle”- we automatically expect Jomo Kenyatta's short story

to be about a gentleman who ends up in the jungle. However, after reading it for 3 minutes, you quickly realize that it is a fable.

That means that the author uses animals’ characters with human personalities, and he does that because he tries to deliver a moral lesson about the society and the short story is told by a third-person.

We got told that the gentlemen of the jungle are Mr. Elephant, Mr. Rhinoceros, Mr. Buffalo, Mr. Alligator, the Rt Hon Mr. Fox, Mr. Hyena, Mr. Leopard, and the ruler of the jungle is the lion and that means he is the king.

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Uddrag
After all the huts are been occupied the man decide to build another one, but this time he has a plan. And then the man setting fire to his hut creates the climax of the story. And the animals fighting over it also creates a tension point.

This short fable provides a moral lesson through the man's perspective - which is similar to that found in fables. “Then he went home, saying:

‘Peace is costly, but it's worth the expense,’ and lived happily ever after. Here, the author concludes the story with another fairytale phrase “lived happily ever after”. And then story has a closed ending

The main character in the short story is an unnamed African man. The story focusses a lot on his circumstances and his humanity.

For an example “he lives in a “a little hut at the edge of the forest and he is weaker than the animals, as he has no teeth and claws like them” He also speaks an African dialect: “He sat down and said, 'Ng'enda thi ndagaga motegi.