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Beware of the Dogg - Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
13/09/1916 – 23/11/ 1990 British novelist Born in Wales Norwegian parents Died of a blood disease

Characters
The pilot himself (round character) The nurse The wing commander

Plot
Exposition: flying the Spitfire Complication: being aware of losing consciousness Crisis: losing his leg, being in the hospital  Catharsis: captured by the German Army Dénouement: will he surrender or play stupid ?

Setting
The story starts in a Spitfire, an English plane during WWII. (small space, only room for 1 person) ->The protagonist crashes, not knowing where he is. -> The people who find him tell him he is in Brighton, England. -> The protagonist is brought to a military hospital. (A room, only 3 people in it; the protagonist, a nurse and an RAF officer) -> The protagonist looks out of a window and sees a sign with “Garde au chien”, which means he is in France. -> There is an RAF officer with some oddities to his uniform who asks the protagonist information he shouldn’t give to strangers, to which the protagonist replies with the standard P.O.W. answer. He thinks he is a prisoner of war, meaning he thinks he is in occupied France.

Language and style
Very descriptive
Vast white sea of cloud

Repetition black – white

Short sentences
« I’m doing alright. I’m doing nicely. I know my way home. I’ll be there in half an hour. »

Lots of dialogues

Language of Peter :
Jargon
Rudder
Spitfire

Language of the nurse:
Kind Helpful

Themes
Safety (veilig voelen in het hospital) vs danger (wanneer hij door heeft dat hij krijgsgevangene is)
White (clouds, helder momenten) vs black (neerstorten, terugzakken in coma)

Temporal events
Open ending  Surrender? Acting surprised?

Chronological order  no flashbacks, forshadowing,…
Slow narrative tempo

Tone Mood: Lonely feeling  Dark humour - only in the beginning  Reliable author  Nurse – warm tone

Title Literal translation  Makes no sense until the end
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