# Prologue explained — Golf Stories

> Chapter companion for Golf Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

## What happens

The narrator and a companion visit an editor to propose a story, initially suggesting an historical tale but quickly pivoting to a golf story when the editor demands red-blooded, dynamic content with a love-motive. The editor, after a brief flicker of interest, dismisses them with a kick.

## Themes in this chapter

### Humor and Absurdity

The prologue is a satirical, absurd depiction of a writer's submission to an editor, complete with crawling on all fours, a kick in the face, and exaggerated descriptions of the editor's opulent accessories.

## Key lines

> After we had sent in our card and waited for a few hours in the marbled anteroom, a bell rang and the majordomo, parting the priceless curtains, ushered us in to where the editor sat writing at his desk.

After submitting our card and waiting for hours in a fancy waiting room, a bell rang and a butler led us through expensive curtains to the editor's desk.

_Sets the scene of the narrator's humble and comedic approach to the editor._

> We advanced on all fours, knocking our head reverently on the Aubusson carpet.

We crawled forward on hands and knees, bowing our head to the floor.

_Exaggerates the narrator's subservience for humorous effect._

> What this magazine requires is red-blooded, one-hundred-percent dynamic stuff, palpitating with warm human interest and containing a strong, poignant love-motive.

This magazine needs exciting, energetic stories full of human emotion and a powerful love plot.

_The editor's demand for a specific type of story, which the narrator claims to provide._

> He kicked us in the face, and we withdrew.

He kicked us in the face, and we left.

_A final absurd and violent dismissal, ending the prologue on a comedic note._

## Links

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