Just So Stories · Character
The Parsee
A Parsee on an uninhabited Red Sea island whose cake, baked in a hat, becomes the instrument of a Rhinoceros's comeuppance.
supporting
Also known as Pestonjee Bomonjee, the Parsee Pestonjee Bomonjee
First appearance: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
As a supporting figure in Just So Stories, The Parsee is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The Parsee (Pestonjee Bomonjee) bakes a cake, has it stolen by the Rhinoceros, and later exacts revenge by filling the Rhinoceros's skin with cake-crumbs.
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Pestonjee Bomonjee is a Parsee cast away on a hot island with three cakes and no company, until a Rhinoceros swims over and eats his cake — hat and all — with appalling manners. Rather than rage, the Parsee bakes a…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Revenge and rudeness
- Magical and royal beings
- African plains animals
- Domesticated animals and baby
- Frame story family
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See The Parsee in How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin