ananlysis of Mr Know-all
... put mister before my name when he addresses me. Mr. Kelada, doubtless to set me at my ease used no such formality. I did not like Mr. Kelada.” (Pg. 305) I could understand someone’s irritation if they were a doctor, or a General, or something of importance with not being labeled right; but to be upset because someone is talking friendly to you is being just plain rude. After a few days the narrator is sure that he does not like Mr. Kelada, and that no one else does either. “I did not like Mr. Kelada. I not only shared a cabin with him and ate three meals a day at the same table, but I could not walk round the deck without his joining me. It was impossible to snub him. It never occurred to him that he was not wanted. He was certain that you were as glad to see him as he was to see you. In your house you might have kicked him down the stairs and slammed the door in his face without the suspicion dawning on him that he was not a welcome visitor.” (Pg. 305-306) The narrator has now stated that he would resort to violence to show Mr. Kelada that he did not like him. Now there is a visible prejudice towards Mr. Kelada with out a particular reason. Now that feelings are set and walls of prejudice built high a story starts to unfold that surprises the narrator on his views towards Mr. Kelada. One evening at dinner the subject of pearls came up. Mr. Kelada rushed on the subject and started to tell all that is to be known about pearls. On board the ship was a man named Ramsay who worked for the American Consular Service. He did not seem to know anything about pearls, but he could not resist the opportunity to try and show Mr. Kelada up. Mr. Kelada became very upset when Mr. Ramsay questioned his knowledge on pearls. “At last something that Ramsay said stung him, for he thumped the table and shouted: “Well I ought to know what I am talking about. I’m going to Japan just to look into this Japanese pearl business. I’m in the trade and there’s not a man in it who won’t tell you what I say about pearls goes. I know all the best pearls in the world and what I don’t know about pearls isn’t worth knowing.” (Pg.307) After stating this Mr. Kelada pointed to a chain of pearls around Mrs. Ramsay’s neck and said that the pearls would never be worth a cent less then they were now. Mr. Ramsay said that he didn’t buy them, but was interested in how much Mr. Kelada believed them to be worth. Mr. Kelada told Ramsay that they were worth about fifteen-thousand dollars, but that if they were bought on Fifth Avenue then some where around thirty-thousand. Mr. Ramsay got a look of triumph on his face and said that Mrs. Ramsay had purchased them from a department store the day before they left for eighteen dollars. Mr. Kelada didn’t believe him and so they made a wager of a hundred dollars on it. Mr. Ramsay asked his wife for the chain and handed it to Mr. Kelada to have a closer look. “He handed the chain to Mr. Kelada. The Levantine took a magnifying glass from his pocket and closely examined it. A smile of triumph spread over his smooth and swarthy fa...