Going Solo Roald Dahl Essay

The Adventures of Roald Dahl

The autobiography, “Going Solo,” by Roald Dahl is about the adventures he faced throughout his journey as a World War II pilot. Throughout the novel, Dahl exhibits the ability to draw readers in and make them want to read more. His techniques and excellent storytelling skills helped develop this novel into an amazing read. As W. Somerset Maugham once said, “There are three rules to writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” This being said, one could see that some rules prove to be more crucial than others. Based on this novel, three mandatory rules include, in-depth description, thrilling moments, and most importantly a thoughtful ending.

Dahl has the ability to describe something with
Tiger Moths also never dropped a wing, could glide upside down, spin vertically downwards, and could suffer innumerable horrible landings. Furthermore, a Tiger Moth had two cockpits meant for the instructor and the trainee in which they could communicate through a rubber mouthpiece. All of these feats made it the ideal starter plane for beginners. In addition to his description of a Tiger Moth, Roald Dahl also had interesting encounter with a snake. On a Sunday evening, Dahl was making his way to an Englishman’s house for dinner. Upon his arrival he was greeted by none other than a very poisonous green mamba in the doorway of the home. Dahl wisely yelled up to the family and they exited through the second story bathroom window calmly as if it was no big deal. Fuller, the Englishman got right to work fetching the snake man, Donald Macfarlane. A few minutes later, Mr. Fuller and the snake man got out of the car. Dahl described the snake man as very elderly man, probably in his seventies. According to Dahl, Macfarlane’s facial features are deep set in a round face. He even goes to the extent of describing his face as, “ dark and wrinkled as a walnut.” Furthermore, he had pale blue eyes and thick white eyebrows while his hair was