The white tiger’s stomach was as large as a fait ground. Laying in a heap of refuge was a girl. The boy held her in his arms nursing her till she awoke. Amazingly enough he was told by her that she was the daughter of the king's advisor and was "stolen" away by the white tiger the night before while she was washing her hair on the veranda to her home. Her father was She told him her father was well-known in the capital. Thus the tiger ventured into the capital as well. The two then heard the sounds of a living person. They followed the voice to a corner where an old man was crunched over. It turned out that this was the boy’s father and said father had survived all these years in the belly of the beast eating the prey the tiger devoured Together and reunited the three walked out of the mouth of the tiger together. Once outside they found themselves in a field and not the jungle the tiger was felled in. The boy skinned a part of the tiger as keep sake and took his new companions by the hand proudly marching home to his waiting mother. The mother was overjoyed to see the return of her husband thought dead. We must assume she knew her son was training with the innkeeper and not assumed missing for six years. The boy then took the girl to her dad in the capital city. He was overjoyed to see the return of his daughter. Thanked the boy and offered her hand in marriage. The boy and the daughter got married. The boy was included in the family of the great advisor, became heir to his fortune and power. The boy’s parents attended the marriage and lived in the mansion of the king’s advisor for the rest of his life.
Notice there were no other people in the belly of the beast, just a father and a future wife,
Notice the jungle became a field.
Notice the tiger was as much a living being as well as a place to live in.
Notice the girl was stolen from her father.
Notice the tiger was associated with an advisor to the king.
Did the white tiger represent a people signified by the advisor?
Was the marriage not indicative of an alliance?
The girl was stolen from her father by the people represented by the white tiger. The white tiger also represents the places these people dwelt,
The father was also stolen away by these people. Rebels or a partisan people who made him join them and live off the food they brought him. He broke bread based on the same food the tiger ate
The daughter was taken in the same way, however here one sees that the girl represents people the white tiger wanted to marry and unify with the people of the white tiger terrorised those living in the forest and around the mountains and even the capital city.
The marriage occurred between the people the boy represented who hunted and policed the people of the white tiger. The marriage represents an alliance between the city dwellers and those who fought the white tiger. The boy’s generation unlike his dad was not taken to become part of the tiger. Notice the boy found fortune and an alliance that led to peace. This peace included the representation of all peaceful people including the advisor representing the tiger people with the king and this advisor came to represent a part of the king, thus the tiger people became part of the nation of Korea and the civil warring ended.
Thus everyone prospered as prosperity only occurs with peace.
Have a happy easter, passover and holidays till next week.
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