Mr.Know All

The Story Mr.Know All

by: Fatme Yosef Assadi

(A Post Reading Activity)

The story take place on a ship which was going from san francisco to Yokohama after the first world war.

The story talkes about a condition between Mr.kelada and Mr.Ramsay and the condition about the pearls.

One day there was a trip on a ship from San Francisco to Yokoham . there were a lots of  people on the ship, one of the people was man who’s name Mr.kelada this man has a nickname “Mr.know All” this man was an american man and he was cultured and there was another man  who was dislike Mr.kelada even before he knew him.

Mr.kelada and THE narrator were in the same accommodation and mark was angey becouse Mr.kelada was in the same accommodation that he in it and Mr.kelada used the best things in the accommodation.

Mr.kelada came up to the narrator and said his name and started a conversation between them after that they orderd a tumbler of ice and a couple of glasses.

Mr.kelada was chatty and he talked about everything about his life in San Francisco and in New York , and he was wearing an impressive piece of drapery .

the narrator put aside the cards and started playing and he surprised that Mr.kelada talked to him one more time and this mad mark hate Mr.kelada .

From the first three days the narrator knew Mr.kelada and he recognize the Mr.kelada can do everything and he knew way the other name of Mr.kelada is Mr.know all.

One evening while Mr.kelada , the narrator, the doctor ,Mr.Ramsay and mrs.Ramsay were dinning the conversation

drifted to the subject of the pearls and the conversation about the cultured pearls which the japanese were making.

Mr.kelada as was his habit talked about the pearls and he said that he going to japan to look into the japanese pearls business .Mr.kelada considered the Mrs.Ramsay wore a chain of pearls and he said with a smile that this pearls worth fifteen thousan dollars becouse this pearls are all right ,but Mr.Ramsay said that this pearls are not orginal becouse his wife bought them from New York for eighteen dollars and Mr.kelada bet Mr.Ramsay a hundred dollars , and to proved that the pearls are orginal ,Mr.Ramsay gave the chain to Mr.kelada and  Mr.kelada took a magnifying glass from his pocket and examind the chain and he mad sure that the pearls are orginal and he was about to speak suddenly he caught sight of Mrs.Ramsay face and Although he spoke and told them that the pearls are orginal but Mr.Ramsay said that Mr.kelada is lying and the pearls are not orginal and for that Mr.kelada told Mr.Ramsay that if he is not belive hem he can go to a Jewelery shop to make sure ,Accidentally there was a Jewelery shop , Mr.kelada and Mr.Ramsay went to the shop and the told the salesman to exmain the chain and in the end appered that Mr.kelada rights and the pearls are orginal and wherefore Mr.Ramsay doubt that his wife rat him and he went to his wife and told her that the pearls are orginal and his wife told him that this is not right

and Mr.kelada lied and becouse Mr.Ramsay love his wife he belived her but in the midnight Mr.Ramsay detected his wife speak in the phone and in the end he mad sure that Mr.kelada was right and asked his wife to divorce and in the morning he went to Mr.kelada and told him that he was right and he thanks him becouse he told him the truth