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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
GRADE IX
CHAPTER 18 – Packing
PackingBy Jerome K Jerome (an extract from Three Men in a Boat)
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and
humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)
and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three
Men in a Boat, and several other novels.
Title
“Packing” is an appropriate title for this extract from the novel „Three men in a
Boat‟. It forms one of the chapters of the novel. The three men are – Jerome,
George and Harris. They have to go on a pleasure boat journey and have to pack
for it. All three of them think they are „perfect masters‟ in the art of packing, but
all they end up creating is an utter mess. They are disorganised, unplanned,
foolish, careless and unsystematic and cannot properly pack a thing. They
blame each other for being poor at packing and each boasts of his packing
acumen. Thus, the extract is all about packing and, therefore, the title is
appropriate.
Theme
“Packing is based on the theme that routine tasks are not as easy as they seem
to be. The humorous account amuses the readers with the readers with the
