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Title: King Solomon's Mines


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King Solomon's Mines
  • By H. Rider haggard
  • Published 1885

2
Biography
  • He was born 22 June 1856 in Norfolk, Henry Rider
    Haggard was the son of William Meybohm Rider
    Haggard and Ella Doveton Haggard.
  • His schooling included education at home by
    private tutors and some time at Ipswich Grammar
    School.
  • At age nineteen Haggard left England to join the
    staff of Sir Henry Bulwer, lieutenant governor of
    Natal, South Africa.
  • When English policy on South Africa changed,
    Haggard returned to England.

3
Biography
  • H. Rider Haggard is best remembered by general
    readers of fantasy for his fourth and fifth
    books, King Solomon's Mines (1885) and She A
    History of Adventure (1886)

4
Biography
  • Haggard these works were just the start of his
    profitable thirty-nine-year writing career, which
    includes his development of further adventures
    for the main characters of King Solomon's Mines
    and She
  • Influenced by the writings of Robert Louis
    Stevenson and Olive Schreiner , Haggard

5
Biography
  • In 1912 he was knighted.
  • He died on 14 May 1925.
  • His autobiography, The Days of My Life, was
    published in 1926.

6
Setting
  • The story starts outs and ends in the hills of
    Durban, South Africa.
  • They travel across Africa and in to a desert
    where they almost die
  • Then into frigid mountains called Sheba's breasts
  • Finally into what is known as kukuanaland
  • A lush oasis in between two mountain ranges.

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Main characters
  • Allan Quatermain he is the "map" in the quest
    for the long lost brother of Sir Henry Curtis. He
    is an English explorer and sportsman. He
    discovers the treasure.
  • Sir Henry Curtis friend and companion of
    Quatermain. His brother is lost.
  • Captain John Good retired navy officer. friend
    on the expedition
  • George Neville Sir Curtis's brother. He is lost
    and hurt in search of King Solomon's mines
  • Umbopa a native who they take along on the
    expedition. He is well spoken and formal. He
    turns out to be a Ignosi, the long lost king of
    Kukuanas.

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Main characters
  • Twala is the king of kukuwanaland when
    quatermain and the others arive
  • He is a very bad man and his son twice as bad
  • Gagool Twalas witch doctorvery evil and ends up
    being crushed by her own magic stone.

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Plot summary
  • Sir Henry Curtis requests for Allan Quatermain
    and Captain John Good to accompany him on an
    expedition in search of his brother, George
    Neville, who had been missing.
  • He was last seen heading north in search of the
    fabled King Solomon's Mines which were full of
    treasures and jewels.
  • The three of them along with Umbopa and several
    servants head out on a journey accross the desert
    that was long and hard.
  • Dying of thirst, they reach a mountain range
    called Suliman Berg (or shebas breast).

10
Plot summary
  • They enter a cave in the peak of the mountaiin
    and they find the frozen corpse Jose Silvestra,
    the 16th century Portugese explorer who drew the
    map of King Solomon's mines in his own blood.
  • They lose one of their servants and they buried
    him next to the body of Silvestra to give him a
    companion..

11
Plot summary
  • THE QUEST CONTINUES

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Plot summary
  • What's left of the crew enter a valley known as
    Kukuanaland. Not long after they enter this
    beautiful green valley, they come accross the
    Kukuana warriors.
  • They are prepared to kill the crew when Captain
    Good fidgets with his false teeth making the
    warriors cringe with fear.
  • They are required to prove that they are "white
    men from the stars" and that they have divine
    power.

13
Plot summary
  • They are then brought before King Twala who is a
    violent ruthless ruler and leader.
  • He earned his power by murdering his brother and
    chasing his brother's wife and child, Ignosi into
    the desert to die.
  • The king's advisor is a woman named Gagool who is
    required to murder anyone who shows defiance to
    the king.
  • She senses a secret in Umbopa which was a secret
    soon revealed that he is the long lost king of
    Kukuanaland.

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Plot summary
  • A great rebellion broke out after several chiefs
    swear their allegiance to ignosi the born king of
    kukuwanaland.
  • Ignosi takes power and forces Gagool to show
    Quatermain and the others the giant stash of
    diamonds.
  • They are able to escape with only a few diamonds
    and are able to return to England.
  • On the way back they find Sir Henry Curtis lost
    brother.

15
Literary Elements
  • The story predominantly occurs in 1st person,
    told by Allan Quartermain
  • The 1st person narrative is told in a fairly
    straight forward way, creating a sense of honest
    recollection of the story
  • The book consists of mostly descriptive language,
    however dialog is very simple and commonplace
    language, giving a feeling of realism,
  • The entire story rests in a adventure for finding
    sir Henry Curtiss brother.
  • And a sense of wealth through hardships is forged
    in the end when they find a number of diamonds,
    ivory and other valuable treasures and escape to
    live comfortable lives.

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Quotes
  • The almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose he
    meant us to defend them, at least Ive always
    done that, and I hope it will not be brought up
    against me when my clock strikes.- Allen
    Quartermain
  • This quote is stated right in the beginning of
    the book.
  • Allen Quartermain is explaining his reasoning for
    his defense of his life, while establishing that
    he is not cruel enough to take one unless his own
    is threatened.

17
Quotes
  • in the end you begin to accept it all you
    watch thing hunting and being hunted,
    reproducing, killing, and dying, its all endless
    and pointless, except in the end one small
    pattern emerges from it all, the only certainty
    the one is born, one lives for a time then dies,
    that is all
  • The author is beginning to realize about what he
    sees at the time as a cycle of life, and that all
    men die and the only things that are certain is
    birth and death.

18
Quotes
  • surely thought I, he is not going to try and
    shave
  • This I one of the jokes in the book. Captian Good
    is O.C.D. for being clean. so in this quote
    Quartermain is making fun of Good.

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Critical analysis
  • Luke
  • Overall the book was great
  • The book had decent passage structure
  • Haggard's way of explaining the thrill events
    surpasses any other books I have read.
  • The event kept you on the edge of you seat
  • Constant foreshadowing and allusions kept you
    guessing.
  • I would in a heart beat suggest this book to any
    one I pass.

20
Critical analysis
  • Taylor thinks this book was great. Really great!
  • Mario thinks Taylor Ross thinks this book was
    great too. Really great!

21
Critical analysis
  • Taylor also thought that the book was very
    descriptive and had a lot of detail. It was very
    interesting. The adventure kept you locked to the
    pages of the book. When I got to the third or
    fourth chapter, I couldnt book the book down..
    (not really) but it was still really good. D
    Good job author

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Critical analysis
  • Joe
  • The book in my opinion, stands as an interesting,
    however different piece of literature, however it
    was very descriptive, however much of the words
    were used in descript, not dialogue, however the
    books was still exceptional. ?

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Works cited
  • Mla for king solomons mines
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