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Summary: What makes Roald Dahl a excellent author?
Review: I'm 15, and I still love to read Roald Dahl, namely, Matilda. Matilda ranks in my top five favorite books ever, and I have to wonder, how did Dahl do it? In all his books, he creates worlds and characters so far-fetched that to make them make sense in our messed up world today, is something not many authors can claim.Matilda is the story of a neglected girl, with easily the two most rotten parents in the history of literature (Rivaled only by the Dursleys of Harry Potter). She has amazing intellectual skill. She's only, what, five or six, and can tell you what 14 times 396 is two seconds after you ask it. She's reading books by Charles Dickens as well. But, because her parents are nitiwts (Or, in tribute to Dahl, Twits) she goes unnoticed. So she plots revenge in hilarious ways. She dyes her fathers hair platinum blond, glues his hat to his head, and fakes a ghost in the house. Then comes payback on Matilda in the most terrible school. She is enrolled in Cruncham Hall, a bleak, dark academy run by *Duh Duh Duh* Miss. Truncball, who was in the Olympics for Shot Put and javelin. Hmm...Thats scary enough right there. Her policy is "A school with no children is the best kind of school" She uses kids for throwing pratice. She hangs them upside down, the throws them over spiked fences, she locks them in the chokey, which is a small chamber, about a foot wide, and nails, glass, and other sharp objects so you can't lean, sit or move. Anyway, she develops psychic powers to fight back against the tyranny of Mrs. Trunchball, and along with her friends help and her wonderful Teacher, Miss Honey, she wins. Without a doubt, one of Dahl's best books, if not the best
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Summary: Matilda...
Review: The book is about the little girl Matilda. She's about five years old. Her family doesn't care much about her, they mostly care about money, the TV and bingo. Matilda is very talented, she can read already and she loves it. Her first day at school her teacher, Miss Honey, notices that Matilda is very talented. She goes to the Headmistress to ask if Matilda can jump to the final grade. But Miss Trunchbull (the headmistress), who doesn't like children, doesn't believe Miss Honey. I don't want to reveal all of it but the bok is about the "war" against the Trunchbull, because nobody likes her. I think it is a nice end to the book anyway. It wasn't too hard to read the book because it is a children's book. It is easy and fun language. The characters are also funny. Like the father who is selling broken cars, the platinum blonde mother and the Trunchbull, who hates children and usually swing girls by their pigtails above her head and then throws them out the window. It is a good book and well worth reading.
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Summary: Dahl at his best!
Review: Since Roald Dahl published his first children's book, The Gremlins in 1943, children as well as adults have enjoyed his mystical fun-filled adventures. Dahl's use of language and character development has earned him a spot among the greatest children's writers. Matilda is no exception. The book is a series of mischievous, clever, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking circumstances where the reader becomes completely captivated by Matilda. Matilda is a child genius stuck with her less than idyllic parents and brother. Her father is a used car salesman who more than fits into the typical view of this sort. Her mother is a bingo addict. Both of her parents find immense satisfaction in watching the 'telly' and eating TV dinners. They are also very confused and upset that Matilda spends her time reading; they feel it's distracting their nightly routine. Matilda learns to read on her own with the help of the local librarian who gives her suggestions on what to read. In a very short period of time Matilda has read every children's book in the library and has moved on to adult literature. She accomplishes all of this before even entering school. Her parents find Matilda as a major thorn in their sides, 'a scab', and continually do horrific things to her. Her dad yells, calls her names, and doesn't listen to her all the while treating his son as a prince. Matilda decides to get back at her parents by using creative methods. These include using items like super glue and parrots. The reactions that ensue from the practical jokes are hilarious and make the reader somewhat envious that they didn't do the exact same thing when they were 4. We follow Matilda through her adventures in school and her experiences with the dreaded Miss. Trunchbull and the wonderful teacher, Miss. Honey. Matilda fits right in and even though it's evident to everyone that she's a genius, her classmates still love her. Her biggest dilemma is the school principal, Miss. Trunchbull with whom she fulfills her most creative and daring practical revenge. Dahl's expert use of language and dramatic situations make this a perfect book to read aloud to your class. Students will love the witty comments and acts Matilda uses and their imagination will soar to jokes they'd like to complete in their own lives. Quentin Blake's magical illustrations are the perfect complement to the story. Kids and adults will both like this book and find themselves re-reading it many times.
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Summary: Reading aloud pleasure.
Review: I'm out of the country with my 6 years old daughter for a week. When we travel together we always bring enough reading stuff, and our main book this time is Matilda - a fantastic book about a fantastic girl. I have read all of the Roald Dahl books for my kids several time, Matilda has always been and still is my favorite :-) Matilda is a small girl with extraordinary talents. Already when she is three years old she starts visiting the local library and reads all the books there, starting with the children's books, keeping on with the world classics. Matilda's parents are very neglective, and refuse to see any of Matilda's talents. But Matilda is a fighter and finds her own very creative and very funny ways to get revenge. Matilda is a funny book, showing a girls fight for her individuality, in a typical RoaldDahlish way. I love it, and all my kids have loved it as well. My youngest daughter is only six, and should be a little too young for the book. But still the book works perfectly for her. The chapters are quite long, but none of us manage to stop after just one chapter. Being on holiday, we can sleep long in the mornings, and can read for a long time in the evenings. An extra pluss with the book is all the fantastic recommandations of future books it gives us. Dahl has made a wonderful list of the books Matilda read at the library. Britt Arnhild Lindland
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Summary: Matilda is a great book!!!!!!
Review: I read Matilda when I was living in England. I started to read it when a boy called June recommended it to me. I still read it these days.It's a story about a girl and her parents, who ignore her. Matilda is an ingenious girl with quick learning ability. When her dishonest parents go out, she starts going to the library to read books. Matilda gradually gets smarter and smarter, but her parents still ignore her. Soon, her parents disaprove of Matilda because she's so different from the other members of the family, who are the kind of peaple that only sit infront of the TV. When Matilda goes into school at the age of six, she meets a nice, kind quiet teacher called Miss Honey who gets convinced of the fact that Matilda is exceptionally smart, Matilda also meets a monsterous Headmaster who hates children, Ms Trunchbul. Matilda gets to like Miss Honey and finally gets to go to her house and listens to Miss Honey's tragic story of the past. By that time, Matilda has developed psycyic powers to move things using her eyes, and she decides to pay back her parents for all the things they've done to her, she also decides to pay back Miss Trunchbul for being very spiteful to the children at school. In the end Matilda gets adopted by Miss Honey and spends a wonderful life.
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Summary: Different Attitudes
Review: Have you every noticed how some peoples, parents really care whether their kids do well in school or not, and there are some who want their children to do well in life. There are also different types of kids. There are some that want to learn and there are some that don't care if they learn anything. There are also many combinations of attitudes differences between parent and child. For example, some kids don't what to learn and get an education but the parents do.
Matilda by Roald Dahl tells a story about a five year old girl that has wanted to learn since she was 1 ½ years old. But because of her parent's attitudes about learning, they did not embrace her extraordinary mind. She is so extraordinary that she taught herself to read by the age of three.
Roald Dahl gives a wonderful view of how people don't want to admit that someone might be smarter then them. For example, Matilda thinks that her dad is jealous of her because she is smart. She also thinks that somewhere deep inside her dad wishes he was smart, like Matilda.
This book also taught me how really important books are and how books are full of wisdom and a chance to learn something new. I strongly suggest this book if you love learning new things.
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Summary: One of His Best
Review: Matilda is one of Roald Dahl's many great books and stories. Roald Dahl is such a creative writer that if i were to put down everything i like about him it would take up two journals, and that's just his children's books! So i will tell you my favorite. Well here they are.
First off, i love how much detail Roald Dahl puts in his writing. He doesn't just put: "Enter," said the Trunchbull. He writes a scentence like this. '"Enter," boomed the deep and dangerous voice of Miss Trunchbull.
Secondly, he puts so much livelyness into his work. Roald Dahl writes it like you are write there, at that time, with one of the characters, feeling the tension or happiness. It feels like you are experiencing it live.
My favorite character was the Trunchbull. I really enjoy the way she acts, it's like a cobra. She gets all sweet and quiet wen she becomes dangerous. Miss Trunchbull also shows no mercy what so ever. She'll hold a boy by his ears if he can't spell the word "what".
The plot of this story was entertaning and meaningful, (which didn't suprise me at all when i knew it was written by Roald Dahl). It was perfect, just what you don't expect with a little girl growing up in alittle family don't give a hoot about her or her education. Yet you want her to grow up going to good schools and you hate her parents because they don't care about her, and you do.
I like the way the events are written in Roald Dahl's writing. He doesn't just hammer the events ll down at once, he puts an event, then a breather, then an event, then a breather, and so on.
I have come to an end on the "preview" that i did on Matilda, because, as i said in the begining; it would take at least two journals. So if i were to give this book a rating, 1 being the best, 10 being the worst, i would give it a 1. And i hope as many people did and will enjoy Roald Dahl as i do.
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Summary: It was OK as a kid, I despise it now
Review: Like most Roald Dahl books (for me, at least) I thought this was a pretty good book (...), but by only a few years later I've come to really hate it. For a Roald Dahl book Matilda is pretty good-it has an interesting plot, at least. Unfortunately aside from that I hate it. The characters are all either Mary-Sue's or horrible cardboard villains. Matilda is so annoyingly perfect, she taught herself to read as a baby, soon read the kids section of the library, is a complete genius, quite nice, and has telekinesis. Miss Honey, her teacher, is annoyingly sweet and smart. Headmistress Trunchbull and Matilda's parents are ridiculously mean with no attempt whatsoever to make them human and realistic, and no one bothers to explain why Trunchbull got her job or wasn't arrested for her horribleness. And the little humor it has is all dark. (...)
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Summary: Matilda
Review: Matilda
By: Roald Dahl
Reviewd By : J. Lee
Period: P.1
This story was about an intelligent girl named Matilda. She wasn't loved or noticed by her family. Her father was a crook, all her mother loved to do was play bingo, and her brother got all the attention. Matilda is like a genius, but only young of age. Her parents just thought that she was a little girl that should not be heard or seen. They used her as an excuse of everything wrong that went on in their lives. But that became worse when she was sent to Crunchem Hall Primary. Her teacher, Miss Honey, was a sweet person that loved little children, but the headmistress of the school, the "Trunchbull", was the problem. Aside from Matilda's parents, Miss Trunchbull was the other person that blamed Matilda for everything that went wrong in her life. Miss Trunbull wasn't only the headmistress of the school, but was also an ex-Olympic hammer thrower. The only person who actually cared of and noticed Matilda's intelligence was her teacher, Miss Honey. At first, Miss Honey was puzzled by how much Matilda knew, but later, she brought text books from the older classes for Matilda since Miss Trunchbull wouldn't let her move up. Matilda became closer to Miss Honey and she became to know more of her. One day in class, Matilda found something amazing about herself. She was able to move objects with her eyes. She was at first surprised, but later, got used to it, and soon, she had a great idea. The day Miss Trunchbull came to teach the class, Matilda played a little prank on Miss Trunchbull, and that caused Miss Trunchbull to return everything in her posession to Miss Honey, who was the true owner. Matilda's family had to move to Spain, and because she didn't want to be with them and they didn't want to keep her, Miss Honey became her new guardian, and they lived happily after.
I liked this book because it had unnatural things, such as having the power to move objects. I liked the idea that Matilda became interested in books and taught herslef to read around 2 or 3. It was interesting how she was such an intelligent child with not so intelligent parents. Even though she had parents that didn't love her and didn't give attention to her, she had an intelligent mind and a sweet heart. I think that's what made me love this book most of all.
"'Your daughter is a cheat and a liar,' the father said, taking his plate of fish and placing it on his knees." I was surprised by the way Matilda's father spoke about his own daughter. He was cold-hearted and said it as if her didn't know her. What amazed me most was that even with parents that just watched TV all day, she was a genius.
"The Trunchbull, this mighty female giant, stood there in her green breeches, quivering like a blancmange." I believe that this chapter had the most humor, because there was much about Miss Trunchbull's fears, and how she reacted towards it. It was funny how she thought a small, harmless newt was a snake or a crocodlie. With her strength, I was surprised that she wouldnt be able to take a snake, or even a newt.
My favorite part of the book was when Matilda lifted the chalk with her eyes and started to write on the wall. She wrote to Miss Trunchbull pretending to be a ghost. Miss Trunchbull, standing in the classroom, watching a floating chalk writing about what she had done wrong years ago made her turn white. Soon enough, Miss Trunchbull was on the floor and unconcious. The next day, everything was returned to the rightful owner and she was nowhere to be seen. It was my favorite part, because Miss Trunchbull got what she deserved after all these years of torturing children and others, especially Miss Honey.
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Summary: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Review: Matilda
By: Roald Dahl
Reviewed by: J. Moon
Period 1 This book is about a young little girl name Matilda. She is very smart but the rest of her family was not as brilliant as she is. By the time she was four she had read all of the famous novels. For example she read novels from Charles Dickens. When she entered kindergarten, she met a very nice teacher by the name of Miss Honey. Her kindergarten teacher was nice but the head principal was very cruel. Her name was Miss Trunchbull. By the first day Miss Honey met Matilda, she knew that Matilda should have been in an upper class. Matilda was very smart. She was a genius. Then Matilda found a special power. She was able to move objects with her eyes. As the months went by, Matilda got to know more and more about Miss Honey. She found out that the Trunchbull and Miss Honey were related. Then to get back all of the things the Trunchbull took from Miss Honey, she used her powers to get them back for her. The Trunchbull left the school and never came back. I enjoyed reading this book a lot. It had a lot of funny moments and thrilling moments. It is a fun-filled book. This book is meant for all readers and it is very enjoyable. There were some moments but to help but ask yourself what is going to happen next. I think if everyone reads it My favorite part of the book was the part when Matilda went to the Trunchbull's house to get back all of the things Miss Honey owned. I thought it was very clever of her to think of such a thing to do. You could just imagine a small little girl moving things around with the power of her eyes. This part is very enjoyable to read.
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