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The story ‘The Tiger King’ is written by the author in a humorous, satirical and ironical manner. It is a story of the Maharaja of a small state Pratibandapuram. It is predicted by the Chief astrologer of the state his death will be caused by a tiger. He sent for the astrologer when he killed the first tiger. Then the astrologer told him that he should be extra careful from the hundredth tiger. The Maharaja then takes a vow not to do anything else till he kills the hundredth tiger.
And he goes on a hunting spree of the innocent tigers. But, on the other hand, this story is also the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the wilfulness of human beings. This is because the author presents the character of the Tiger King in a derogatory way. He just emerges as a person on whom we cannot trust nor we can justify his actions. So the author by showing the killing of tigers by the Maharaja, is indirectly commenting that one should not kill the tigers or such animals. After reading the whole story we feel that the Maharaja was cruel and selfish to kill so many tigers, who are not only innocent but they are essential for the ecological balance also.