Roald dahl short story analysis
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Short Story Analysis
Roald Dahl was one of the most prolific and influential writers of the 20th century. He wrote
for both children and adults alike. However, his adult stories usually have a lot darker topics.. In
the short stories "Mrs.Bixpy and the Colonel's Coat", "Nunc Dimmitis" and "The Visitor", Roald
Dahl plays with the idea that physical attraction is stronger than emotional attraction and he
reinforces the theme that those who betray, deceive and manipulate eventually do get brought to
justice, through dark humor and suspense.
Justice is a deserved punishment or reward. In These short stories, there are characters who
manipulate and use other people in unjust and immoral ways. In the story " The Visitor", a good
example of a person like this is Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, or Uncle Oswald for short. He is
introduced to us through the narrator who had just inherited his uncle's memoirs. We read that
Uncle Oswald was a seducer and a womanizer. He had many affairs with women. As he was
traveling to Jerusalem fleeing from a love escapade in Cairo, he met a rich Arab named Abdul
Aziz. Uncle Oswald had seen that he had a beautiful wife and daughter. He couldn't make up his
mind of which one to seduce. Oswald later spent the night at his house. While he is sleeping a
woman gets into bed next to him. Uncle Oswald ended up getting just what he had wanted, sex.
However, this time his promiscuous actions would catch up to him. He later found out that the
woman that he had slept with was neither Abdul's wife or his daughter that he had met. He found
out that he had slept with Abdul's daughter that had leprosy. Abdul Aziz said, "There ́s absolutely
nothing in the world for you to worry about. It is not a very contagious
Mod D
Short Story Analysis
Roald Dahl was one of the most prolific and influential writers of the 20th century. He wrote
for both children and adults alike. However, his adult stories usually have a lot darker topics.. In
the short stories "Mrs.Bixpy and the Colonel's Coat", "Nunc Dimmitis" and "The Visitor", Roald
Dahl plays with the idea that physical attraction is stronger than emotional attraction and he
reinforces the theme that those who betray, deceive and manipulate eventually do get brought to
justice, through dark humor and suspense.
Justice is a deserved punishment or reward. In These short stories, there are characters who
manipulate and use other people in unjust and immoral ways. In the story " The Visitor", a good
example of a person like this is Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, or Uncle Oswald for short. He is
introduced to us through the narrator who had just inherited his uncle's memoirs. We read that
Uncle Oswald was a seducer and a womanizer. He had many affairs with women. As he was
traveling to Jerusalem fleeing from a love escapade in Cairo, he met a rich Arab named Abdul
Aziz. Uncle Oswald had seen that he had a beautiful wife and daughter. He couldn't make up his
mind of which one to seduce. Oswald later spent the night at his house. While he is sleeping a
woman gets into bed next to him. Uncle Oswald ended up getting just what he had wanted, sex.
However, this time his promiscuous actions would catch up to him. He later found out that the
woman that he had slept with was neither Abdul's wife or his daughter that he had met. He found
out that he had slept with Abdul's daughter that had leprosy. Abdul Aziz said, "There ́s absolutely
nothing in the world for you to worry about. It is not a very contagious