Roald Amundsen

Introduction Charlie and also the Chocolate Factory (2005) is a adventure movie directed through Tim Burton and an adaption from the 1964 children’s book from the same title by Roald Dahl. The owner, Willy Wonka hid 5 golden seats in their Wonka dark chocolate bars. The fortunate finders from the golden ticket is going to be invited to go to the chocolate factory with one member of the family. Among the five will win an eternity supply associated with chocolates along with a special solution…

Analytical Response Old Yeller I thoroughly enjoyed reading Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. It takes place in the Hill Country of Texas in the late 1860’s. It concerns the maturing of a young boy who must fight against his own worries as well as against the dangerous Texas frontier. The story can be considered on many levels, but it is first and foremost an exciting adventure for a boy and his dog. (Chapters 1-3) Before Papa left he told everyone goodbye. He told Travis that he was in…

Thesis: “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “A Jury of her Peers” are two short stories that have many similarities, but also have their fair share of differences. Each story can be compared, showing correlation between them, and then compared to show the outliers between them. “Lamb to the Slaughter,” and “A Jury of her Peers” are similar in many ways. In both of the short stories, the main plot is about a wife who is dissatisfied with the husband’s choices, and how the husband treats each of the…

"Lamb to the Slaughter." is a short story written by Roald Dahl published on Harper's Magazine about a murder. In the beginning, we meet our main character, Mary Maloney. Mary Maloney is a carefully planned out character. We see this in our starting point in this story, we clearly see that Mary is a devoted wife to her husband. Mary's desire for everything to be ready for Patrick's return exhibits her benevolence (despite being pregnant) in waiting for his arrival. These character traits does…

she kills him she puts the lamb in the oven and goes to buy vegetables to create an alibi. When she returns, she calls the police. While the police are trying to resolve the case, Mrs. Maloney feeds them the lamb leg. (90) Analysis The concept that Roald Dahl conveys is betrayal and its negative outcomes. Since Mr. Malone betrayed his wife by not being faithful Mrs. Maloney betrayed him right back by killing him. The saying “Lamb to the Slaughter” is defined…

Ponyboy (Michael Curtis) is a 14 year old Greaser, has a solid build, is the narrator of the story, and is small for his age. He has light-brown almost red hair; it is squared off in the back and long in the front and sides, and he has greenish-grey eyes. Equally important, he does not use his head outside of school, according to Darry, and he digs books and movies. Finally, he is an amazing track star, loves to eat chocolate, and he idolizes his brother Sodapop who is 16 years old. Dally…

In the short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dah, the story got twisted in numerous different ways. The landlady started off being very nice and calm, but later on she became very strange and odd. Roald Dahl give us clue that the landlady was kind in the beginning and then she became very strange as the story goes on. The landlady likes to surprise Mr.Weaver. When the scene was dark, Mr.Weaver was alone and the landlady would surprise him by sneaking up behind him in some of the scene. “ A voice…

Looking for Alaska Rough Draft Simon Bolivar said, "Damn it,"..."How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!"(GREEN19). In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green Miles, the narrator, and his friends Chip and Alaska seek to find a their way through the labyrinth of life. For each of them the labyrinth is representative of their personal life struggles , and the obstacles they face to "escape it". The labyrinth is different for each one of us , and we choose to face it in different ways. For…

In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, the author, used five unusually words that consist of, brisk, congenial, conjured, rapacious, and compulsion. Brisk has an origin of French and English. The meaning of brisk is the same as, active, fast, and/or energetic. In the story Roald had said “He walked briskly down the street,” so he was saying that Billy was walking quickly or fast down the street. The next word that he used was congenial, which means, pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or…

his head.” From only reading this, the reader is simply astounded. Imagine seeing this comical scene in a movie. Viewers would be left stupefied and full of laughter. “Lamb to the Slaughter” would make a phenomenal movie for teenage audiences and Roald Dahl fans. It consists of all the qualities that are trending in blockbuster films which are action, thriller, comedy, drama, family and crime. This short story includes a little bit of all these previously stated genres as written in “The 11…