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would ever think that a children’s author would be that crazy and interesting, but nobody's ever really research Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916. He is currently famous for writing classic children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate factory, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, etc… The crazy thing is that he has done more than just children's books. Roald Dahl has done many important things in his life other than writing children's books, such as medical…

Mary and The Little Lamb It was a calm night in the Maloney household, but that peace quickly turned to chaos. A wife gone mad, resulting in a brutal murder that would continue to perplex police forces for years. Roald Dahl composed a story full of suspense and mystery, but what message was he really trying to deliver? The short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” touches on why looks can be deceiving, and what can really be going through a person's mind in times of distress.Dahl reached us to not…

Lamb to the slater In the short story Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl, a perfect couple is turned out and what you expect least to happen happens. Mary Maloney is the perfect wife to her husband she pleases him in any way he would like and sometimes even does more than what he ask.This guy named Patrick has some nerve wrecking news to tell his wife(Mary Maloney). His wife is six months into pregnancy .He finally tells her the nerve wrecking news and she does not react very well. She kills…

Looking for Alaska by John Green is a mystery filled with twists and turns. This novel tells the story of Miles Halter, a boy obsessed with last words. Miles is new at culver creek, he has no idea what to anticipate the only thing he knows are the story’s of his father when he went to this school. On his first day there he already makes two friends and buys cigarettes, and met the presumable love of his life. Everything Alaska did within the book was impulsive. I don't think she…

Revenge can be extremely violent and result to death for adults, while children’s acts of vengeance remain to be significantly different. Roald Dahl is a famous children’s author who has written several classics that incorporate revenge, such as “James and The Giant Peach” and “Matilda” (“Roald Dahl Biography”). In the film adaptation of Dahl’s book, Matilda, she uses her acts of revenge against her abusive and neglectful parents, and the equally abusive character of The Trunchbull, as well as…

Factory”. The film was produced by Emmy winning Mel Stuart, and, though a new genre for him to embark on, his excellence shines through as all the many aspects of the film come together to create a masterpiece. The novel and screenplay written by Roald Dahl truly takes on an image all of its own as it plays out on the screen. I give this film 4 out of 5 stars, and say it is a must see for the entire family with the outstanding casting choices for believable characters, and creative set designs,…

“James and The Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl is a story focuses on James Henry Trotter, a young boy who was sent away to live with his terrible aunts after his parents are devoured by rhinoceros. One day, he is given magic green object by the old man, which he accidentally spills on his aunts' decrepit peach tree. One of the peaches begins to grow, and grow, and grow. He then escapes an abusive home in a magical peach. Throughout the whole adventure journey, he makes new friends, and discovers the…

WILLY WONKA- SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER About the character Willy Wonka is one of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s famous books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. The character was portrayed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 film adaptation, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and was portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2005 film adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both the films and the books describe Willy Wonka as a phoenix-like man who…

give strangers a positive understanding of themselves. However, we should know that appearances can sometimes be deceiving of the reality and that we can be fooled by people who just need us for their dirty desires. The short story, The Landlady by Roald Dahl teaches us that appearances are sometimes deceiving of reality. In the beginning of the story, Billy discovers that the animals that appeared to be real in the hotel when he first came across it, were just fake in reality. “That…

Scary Story Response Paragraph In the stories “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “The Landlady” did have the elements that made the stories creepy. One of the things that made the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” creepy was at the end of the story the police, that were Patrick’s co workers, were eating the murder weapon. The murder weapon was the lamb leg. In the story Mrs. Maloney says “And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to laugh.” She said this because the police were talking about how the…