What Are The Three Rules Of Going Solo Book

In the nonfiction novel, “Going Solo,” the reader is taken on a breathtaking adventure through the struggles and achievements in the life of Roald Dahl. Filled with injuries and hardships, dangers and travels, the story following Dahl’s life is like no other. The writing strategies and wise words used by Dahl help the reader form clear pictures throughout the story about his life. However, there is more than just his superb writing tactics used in the making of this book. Explained by the novelist William Somerset Maugham, “There are three rules for writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” Although the truth of this quote is evident, there are three rules that can be followed in Dahl’s autobiography. Being able to connect …show more content…
Whether it was one of the hardships he endured or a moment so relatable it made the reader laugh, this book never fails to connect to the reader. For example, when Roald Dahl just began his voyage to war, on the SS Mantola, he experienced some unusual interactions. The long days at sea were starting to get to some people, but not his cabin roommate, U.N Savory. Savory still had the sanity to fool everyone that he had hair. What was considered crazy to most people, including Dahl, was only practical, if not genius to Savory. Dahl began to notice the strange actions of Savory and soon unexpectedly discovered that he was bald. After coming back to his cabin for his pipe, he opened his cabin to find his hairless roommate in shock. Sworn to secrecy, Dahl was to tell nobody that Savory was bald. Infact, he wasn’t crazy, he was only doing this to respect the Sikh religion that he works with. This religion does not approve of bald people so that's why Savory went to the extent of having so many wigs and …show more content…
This ability to be so detailed, that the reader sits on the edge of their seat waiting to see what happens next, is the second rule to writing a good book. Multiple times throughout this tell tale autobiography of Dahl’s life, the reader is put in this situation. To be more precise, the reader is taken into a life or death situation when Dahl’s plane crashes. During his very first venture into combat territory, while he was a RAF fighter pilot, he was given wrong directions to join his squadron in the Western Desert. So while he was just arriving, there was no squadron to be seen. It was getting darker by the minute and he needed to land somewhere, so he was forced to land in the rough patches of the desert. The forced landing caused the plane come crashing down as Dahl describes hearing a “mighty whoosh as the petrol tank in the port tank exploded.” His injuries were tremendous as he was knocked unconscious, had a skull fracture and the impact caused his nose to be pushed in and his teeth knocked out. However, he felt no pain and at first wished to peacefully go to sleep with the flames. However when the “tremendous heat around his legs galvanized his soggy brain into action,” Dahl was able to undo his seatbelt and crawl out of the airplane. He was later saved by wondering soldiers who took him