Getting the honor of serving the king, I have to capture one hundred doves for his wedding. This is the king’s choice of food and if I fail he will be very disappointed in me for my poor ability to capture doves. I am Hugh and in the short story "The Hundredth Dove" this is what I do I serve the king to make him happy. This tale is most noticed for the mode of literature and the great symbolism which explains itself throughout.

The mode of literature is one of the most, if not the most, important part about this novella. This particular mode of literature is romance because nothing goes wrong or even close to out of control. Another huge reason that this is a romance is because he catches a beautiful white dove every day of the week and it somehow manages to escape from the net this was one of the mild conflicts. Lastly Hugh killed the white dove this was death which was also a conflict in the story because the king could not get married this did not relate to a romance though it was more of a tragedy in the end.

There are numerous things to be clarified about the symbolism. The biggest symbol that isn't quiet noticed at first is that the king’s new wife means dove and later in the fable she is a dove. Second when the white dove slipped out of the net this symbolized how she didn’t belong to him and to someone else. The third thing was the dove's black eyes it showed that there was a different side to her life that no one knew about but in the end Hugh found out by the end of the story. The last thing is that in the end Hugh never sees another dove again and that represents how the sadness that the king now has.

When you are serving the king you would not disobey him. Ones thoughts about failing to do a task that the king requests is disappointment and to disregard you. What it comes down to is to obey him as well as you can and getting as close as you can to his request. There were many things along with the symbolism that were unreal and to happy for real life that is what made this tale a romance.