As Dahl’s novel begins, the reader is introduced to James, a young boy who is an orphan when his parents are eaten by an angry rhinoceros. James is consequently sent to live with his two aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. These relatives are very cruel to him, and he is incredibly lonely, since he has no friends and regrets to play with children his own age. But one particularly hard day, James’s luck changes: an old man appears in the backyard garden and offers James a packet of magical green objects.If James follows a set of specific instructions ( says the old man), something spectacular will happen. James is very excited, but as he runs back to his house to execute the instructions, he trips and the magical green objects burrow into the
