![]() ![]() Some have claimed this is the most autobiographical of all Dahl’s works, as he saw himself as a sort of Mr. He does this because he is fantastic and clever and loves his family very much. ![]() He is so clever and outwits those three horrid farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. “‘I should like you to know that if it wasn’t for your father we should all be dead by now. The BFG, who made his first appearance in Danny, the Champion of the World, was also a bedtime story Dahl would tell his own children, once going so far as to even dress up and visit his daughters’ bedroom window, pretending to be the BFG. ![]() Together, they set out to rid the human world of those nasty, human-eating giants. (Get it? Dahl’s Chickens = Charles Dickens.) One night he captures a little orphan girl, Sophie, and they become friends. He is kind, eats snozzcumbers, and teaches himself new words by reading books by Dahl’s Chickens. He is not like the other giants who are cruel, stupid, and eat humans. The Big Friendly Giant, aka The BFG, collects and delivers good dreams to children. The BFG speaks his own language, and it is wonderful. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping is forbidden among human beans?'” ‘Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. “‘A whizzpopper!’ cried the BFG, beaming at her. The relationship between Danny and his father is so sweet - Danny thinks his father is the most wonderful person in the world, and he is! He teaches him, listens to him, walks him to school each day, and tells him bedtime stories, one of which features a character called The BFG… Hazell hosts a extravagant party for stuffy rich people, nears, Danny devises a plan to poach ALL the pheasants before the big day - and if he succeeds, he will become the champion of the world! As opening day for pheasant season, on which Mr. The pheasants inhabit the property of a cruel rich man, Victor Hazell, who sets a trap for poachers, namely Danny’s father. His father operates a filling station by day and engages in poaching pheasants by night. It’s about a young boy, Danny, who lives with his marvelous father in a gypsy caravan. This may be the most sentimental, most grounded in reality (no talking animals or magical powers here), most wonderful of all Dahl’s stories. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you with his mouth but his eyes stay the same. I’ve also learned that a real mouth smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. ![]() You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself. Now having read all of his children’s works (looking toward his adult fiction next), some for the first time, here are five - or maybe more - of my favorites… Equally captivating and complex was his life, which would merit a biography even if he had not eventually created the multitude of scrumdiddlyumptious stories that he thankfully did. Reading his works as an adult, then, they unsurprisingly held that same magic. Reading his works as a child, they were quirky, humorous, and magical. A bulk of my time the past few weeks has been spent delving into the life and work (as far as children’s literature) of Roald Dahl for a project. ![]()
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