Commentary on The Custody of the Pumpkin By P. G. Wodehouse
by
berkbilgin (student)
The Custody of the Pumpkin By: P. G. Wodehouse The Custody of the Pumpkin is a story about Lord Emsworth; a Scottish Lord, who resides in Blandings Castle. The story begins on a morning like all others in Blandings Castle, with Lord Emsworth outside in his garden enjoying the atmosphere. Suddenly, he spots Freddie, one of his youngest sons sneaking around with a girl. The Lord's dream had always been that a young, eligible and somewhat wealthy girl would come along and sweep Freddie off his feet so that Freddie would be out of his way. Unfortunately, this girl did not meet his criteria and the Lord therefore took it into his own hands to keep her as far away from his son as possible. Lord Emsworth ended up firing his head gardener; Angus McAllister, because he would not get rid of the girl Freddie had become involved with, the girl who was McAllister's cousin. The Lord realized too late that he had fired the one man who was able to produce a pumpkin worthy of the first prize at the Shrewsbury Show, a prize never won by himself or any of his royal ancestors. The Lord's desire to win the first place prize for his pumpkin drove him to seek out McAllister and beg him to return to work as his head gardener. Before the Lord could convince McAllister to come back and work for him, he met the father of Aggie-the girl to whom, by that time, Freddie was already wed. The Lord was absolutely