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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is the author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'James and the Giant Peach', 'Matilda', as well as several other books. Many of his books have been made into feature films.

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How does the shift in the physical description of the landlady throughout the passage impact the story and meaning?

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The shift in the physical description of the landlady throughout the passage impact the story's meaning . At first it starts at how the landlady appears to be welcoming and nice at the beginning which is how she can attract the boys into her Bed and Breakfast. As the story continues, we see a more weird and suspicious side of her.

What is Harald dahl hobbies?

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Working t a shell company and serving the navy.

Who was roald Dahl's favourite teacher in school?

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Who is the Protagonist of poison by Roald Dahl?

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It is Dr. Ganderbai, he is fighting against Harry Woods.

He treats the threat of the snake due to fright of poison and treats Harry the same way as he would the snake.

Therefore the conflict in this story is man vs man but the bigger implied meaning is man vs society.

Theme: Poison=Racism

What is a BFG?

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The story is about a little girl named Sophie, a name inspired by the author's granddaughter Sophie Dahl; Roald's mother was Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg Dahl. One night when Sophie can't fall asleep during the "witching hour", she sees a giant blowing something into the bedroom windows down the street. The giant notices her, and although she tries to hide in her bed, he reaches through the window and carries her away to his home in Giant Country.

Fortunately for Sophie, she has been abducted by the world's only benevolent giant, the Big Friendly Giant or BFG. Operating in the strictest secrecy, the BFG catches good dreams. With the help of his giant ears he can hear dreams and their contents (which manifest themselves in misty Dream Country as floating, blob-like objects) and blow them via a trumpet-like blowpipe into the bedrooms of children. When he catches a nightmare, he explodes it, bottles it forever, or sometimes uses it to start fights among his neighboring mean giants. The BFG has a very pleasant character, often misusing words and having difficulty in grammar. He often writes down mixtures of dreams for children. Sophie teaches him how to speak properly and in the end it is revealed that the story was written and told by the BFG himself after learning English from Sophie.

The other giants are not so pleasant; each night they go out into the world to steal and eat "human beans", especially children. There is little else for them to eat where they live; the BFG, because he refuses to eat people, must survive on a revoltingly bitter and sour vegetable known as a snozzcumber. Luckily he is also able to make a delicious drink called frobscottle, which is fizzy and infinitely refreshing. It is rather unusual in that the bubbles in the drink travel downwards and therefore cause the drinker to fart instead of burp; this causes noisy flatulence known as Whizzpoppers.

Sophie and the BFG become friends. Eventually, Sophie persuades the BFG that something must be done to stop the anthropophagous, or cannibalistic, giants. Together they develop a plan to get the Queen to help them. The BFG mixes a dream which will show the Queen what the giants do; when complete, it is the worst nightmare she has ever encountered. They set off for Buckingham Palace and blow the dream into the Queen's bedroom. The BFG then leaves Sophie on the Queen's windowsill and retreats into the palace gardens to hide.

When the Queen awakens, Sophie tells her that all of her dream was true. Because the dream included the knowledge that Sophie would be there when she woke up, the Queen believes her and speaks with the BFG. After considerable effort by the palace staff to create a table, chair and cutlery of appropriate size for him to use, the BFG is given a lavish breakfast, and the Queen begins work on eliminating the other giants. She calls the King of Sweden and the Sultan of Baghdad to confirm the BFG's story - the giants having visited those locations on the previous two nights - then summons the Head of the Army and the Marshal of the Air Force. The said officers, though initially belligerent and skeptical, are brought to cooperate.

Eventually, a huge fleet of helicopters follows the BFG to the giants' homeland. While the child-eating giants are asleep, the Army ties them up, hangs them under the helicopters, and after a brief struggle with the Fleshlumpeater, flies them to London, where a special large pit has been constructed from which they will not be able to escape. With thousands watching closely, the BFG unties the giants, then feeds them snozzcumbers which they will eat for the rest of their lives as a punishment for eating human beings.

Afterwards, a huge castle is built to serve as the BFG's new house, with a little cottage next door for Sophie. While they are living happily in England, Sophie suggests that the BFG write a book about their adventures. When it is completed, the reader wonders what he had written, and it is revealed that it is actually this book

How old was roald dahl when he wrote the book boy?

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30 years old he was young then

What is the mood in lamb to the slaughter?

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Warm and clean also cosy and homely.

Is Roald Dahl a illustrator?

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quentin blake illustrated most of roald dahl's books but not all of them.

What happened to Steve dahl?

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Steve Dahl still lives in the Chicago suburbs, and while he's still under contract from CBS radio until 2011 he is doing a daily podcast from his home. It is available via iTunes and Steve's website: www.Dahl.com/podcasts www.Dahl.com/iTunes

What award did roald dahl win for the witches?

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He won the whitebread award

Did Roald Dahl have surgery?

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yes he did- he putit in a cabent to keep safe

that wasnt roald dahl he didnt

Did Roald Dahl dislike the cinema?

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Roald Dahl did not dislike the cinema. He actually wrote a couple of screenplays himself, including a James Bond movie. I believe this question comes up a good deal because of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl wrote the beginings of the screenplay, but it was taken over and heavily rewritten by another screenplay author. Dahl was so dissapointed in the movie that he stated he disowned it.

What is the name of roald Dahl first book out of James and the gaint peach and Matilda and the BFG?

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No. His first story was published in the Saturday evening post August 1942 - the story was called "shot down over lybia". His first book was The Gremlins published in 1943 , James and the Giant Peach was published in 1966

A poem by Roald Dahl like the twits?

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it is written in the 3rd person if it said i then it would be written in the 1st person

How did raold dahl interest in writing?

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After a back injury in ww2 Roald was still determined to work for the R.A.F so he was sent to U.S.A to work in a ofice and accidently wrote a story book called "The Gremlins!"

What are the similes in the green mamba?

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as green as the mamba :p

Is roald dahl gay?

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According to the biography he wrote himself, he had two half-siblings and four biological siblings.

What was Roald Dahl's favorite toy?

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It was a bear I suppose. I think that because I watched the movie Winnie The Pooh!

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The first bit is more or less correct, the two Pooh books were based on A.A. Milne's son's soft toys; but the film is a recent Disney version. The book came first by several decades - and Pooh did not wear a jacket in the original illustrations.

What country is Roald Amudsen from?

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England

Where was Roald Dahl in a car accident?

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No his father died of pneumonia and his mother died of natural causes.