On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Buick1967 wrote:
Roald Dahl is a fantastic writer
I could not agree more. While I have read some of his adult work, I feel that his forte was the incredible childrens books he wrote. He was one of few authors who understood what makes children tick. For example, the running trend of the "David v. Goliath" stories (Charlie vs. Other Kids, the animals vs. The Twits, Matilda vs. her parents), plus the wonderful "Whizzpopper" sequence from The BFG. When I was doing my Higher English at school, I wanted to do my "Review of Personal Reading" on Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (examining the intentions of the author with respect to childrens behaviour), but my English teacher wouldn't let me, saying it wasn't suitable. So I did it on the play "Gasping" by Ben Elton, taking great care to quote excerpts with foul language in them. I got a better mark for my Higher English than I did for Computing, yet I ended up on a CompSci course. Make of that what you will. Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | % got a light? | got: No match. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------