The Man from the South Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and died 23 November 1990. He was a British and Norwegian author. His parents were Norwegians‚ Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl. One of his most famous adult stories is The Smoker also known as Man from the South was filmed as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock presents. His first children book was The Gremlins‚ published in 1943. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_dahl 14.09.2010 ) At the start the narrator is sitting by a table
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Fransiska Linda Analysis of Willy Wonka’s Character from the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” INTRODUCTION The movie of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is based upon the novel written by Roald Dahl. The story is about a great chocolate maker named Willy Wonka who are famous in all over the world. One day‚ Willy Wonka allowing a group of kids who have won the chance to enter his chocolate factory after being closed for 15 years because at that time his staff stole his secret chocolate recipes
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How have the authors‚ Hunter and Dahl‚ created a sinister tone in their short stories you have studied? Tone is of great significance to the storyline as it portrays the reader’s attitude while expressing the genre. Tony Hunter’s ‘Listen to the End’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’ both guide the audience through their violent and mysterious stories that begin with a powerless main character on a dark‚ shivering evening. However‚ through varying and distinctive techniques‚ the two short stories
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Remember Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach? Or the Japanese folktale about Momotaro‚ the Peach Boy who battles monstrous creatures on a distant island? Who knew that Sendak and Dahl may have plundered Japanese folklore to construct their stories about boys who set sail in search of adventure? We will never know why Dahl changed his title from James and the Giant Cherry and gave James Trotter a "great big beautiful peach" to navigate the waters‚
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Character Analysis of Mary Maloney "Lamb to the Slaughter" Characterization is an important component in short story writing. In the short story "Lamb to the Slaugher" written by Roald Dahl‚ we are introduced to Mary Maloney‚ a pregnant housewife who recently found out that her husband is going to leave her. Mary develops into a very complex character as the events of the short story unfold. Mary is a typical housewife‚ waiting on her husband hand and foot. She loves him dearly‚ but as the short
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In the short texts The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter written by Roald Dahl‚ important characters are the Landlady and Mary Maloney. Both these characters are important as they are not the pleasant personas they appear to be and are in fact ruthless murderers. The Landlady is about an elderly woman who kills her house guest by poisoning them with arsenic and then stuffs their bodies. Lamb to the Slaughter is about a housewife Mary Maloney who kills her husband Patrick Maloney‚ with a leg of
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many different opinions on if they are “real” or “accurate.”A classic example is James and the Giant Peach originally written by Roald Dahl in 1961 and adapted to film in 1996 by Disney. Originally this movie was never going to be made as Roald turned down many different offers for this to adapted to screen during his life. It was not until he died that his wife‚ Liccy Dahl‚ agreed to have it made. There are quite a few changes between book and movie versions due to artistic vision‚ and many have voiced
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Comparing the Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter The Speckled Band was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Lamb to the Slaughter was written by Roald Dahl in 1954. Detective stories mainly base themselves around solving murder cases; the reader is taken on a journey to find who is guilty and their motive which is normally along the lines of greed‚ loneliness and hatred. ‘The Speckled Band’ is written in 1st person and the story is narrated by Dr Watson‚ Sherlock Holmes’ partner. Helen
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giving a flight to fantasy‚ bit it shapes their ambitions and what they see as to be the possible and impossible. As we grow up to be adults‚ while many of these notions are long gone‚ a few stay and turn into inspirations for future adventures. Roald Dahl is one of the authors who has perhaps been single-handedly responsible for taking millions of kids over the years out of the poverty of creative thoughts and woven worlds where anything can happen to ordinary kids One of these books is Charlie
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Comparing Stories Over the passed six weeks we have been reading two detective stories: ‘The Speckled Band’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. Both stories are diverse and decisive but‚ are very different. The stories contain basic detective ingredients such as‚ the evil villain‚ the cunning detective and most importantly an action packed ending. ‘The Speckled Band’ is a fairly long story which is filled with information. The text is stretched out into many
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