Book Review of Boy
The book Boy was written by Roald Dahl in 1984. This book is written in the style of an autobiography and it tells us what happened to him when he was a boy. Roald Dahl wrote the book to tell us what his childhood was like and to entertain us with his slightly exaggerated tales. The book Boy covers a time frame of 1920-1936, from when he was two to when he was twenty. Through this book, Roald Dahl reveals to us all the funny, painful and unpleasant memories and experiences he had during this timeframe. Some of the events that he talks about are The Great Mouse Plot, A Drive in the Motor-car, Goat’s Tobacco and Boazers. These are only some of the events that occur to our storyteller.
The book Boy is mainly centred on adventure themes. Most of the topics Roald Dahl uses are to do with humour. The main message of the book is to have fun, but to also do work while you’re at it. Many of Roald Dahl’s ideas are shown through his humorous stories and he often adds a paragraph of what he was trying to convey through his stories. Other ideas of his are shown through the language he uses and the simplicity of his story. Roald Dahl chose his ideas because help him pass on the message, topic and themes of his book further. Also readers could understand the meaning of his individual stories better as well.
Some techniques Roald Dahl use to convey his ideas are descriptive language, the setting, the suspense, his embellishment of the story and what he thought and show more felt when something happened to him. The descriptive language he uses to describe his characters really brings them to life and it also makes the setting more realistic. The setting he uses to place his story in makes the story believable and convincing. The suspense Roald Dahl places in the story is vital in making the story exciting and it makes you want to keep on reading to find out what finally happens. His embellishing of the story exaggerates what the characters or places actually are, but it enhances our image of the setting or character. Adding what he thought and felt to the story puts the finishing touches onto the story and lets us into what we would also feel if we were in the author’s place.
My favourite part of the story is when Roald Dahl puts the mouse inside the Gobstoppers jar and he got beaten by Mr. Coombes for it. I liked this part because it shows how cheeky Roald Dahl was and most children probably have been beaten by their parents once in their lifetime. I think that it tells us that the book is going to have some humour in it, but there will also be some pain in it as well. It also hints that the following stories will be very exciting and suspenseful. My judgement of this book is that it is a humorous book with many painful, funny and unpleasant memories turned into individual stories in the book. The strengths of this book are that it conveys its messages quite clearly and the stories have just the right amount of humour and pain in it. The weaknesses of this book are that it sometimes exaggerates a bit too much and some scenes are very gruesome. I would recommend this book for children above 10 years old. show less
The book Boy was written by Roald Dahl in 1984. This book is written in the style of an autobiography and it tells us what happened to him when he was a boy. Roald Dahl wrote the book to tell us what his childhood was like and to entertain us with his slightly exaggerated tales. The book Boy covers a time frame of 1920-1936, from when he was two to when he was twenty. Through this book, Roald Dahl reveals to us all the funny, painful and unpleasant memories and experiences he had during this timeframe. Some of the events that he talks about are The Great Mouse Plot, A Drive in the Motor-car, Goat’s Tobacco and Boazers. These are only some of the events that occur to our storyteller.
The book Boy is mainly centred on adventure themes. Most of the topics Roald Dahl uses are to do with humour. The main message of the book is to have fun, but to also do work while you’re at it. Many of Roald Dahl’s ideas are shown through his humorous stories and he often adds a paragraph of what he was trying to convey through his stories. Other ideas of his are shown through the language he uses and the simplicity of his story. Roald Dahl chose his ideas because help him pass on the message, topic and themes of his book further. Also readers could understand the meaning of his individual stories better as well.
Some techniques Roald Dahl use to convey his ideas are descriptive language, the setting, the suspense, his embellishment of the story and what he thought and show more felt when something happened to him. The descriptive language he uses to describe his characters really brings them to life and it also makes the setting more realistic. The setting he uses to place his story in makes the story believable and convincing. The suspense Roald Dahl places in the story is vital in making the story exciting and it makes you want to keep on reading to find out what finally happens. His embellishing of the story exaggerates what the characters or places actually are, but it enhances our image of the setting or character. Adding what he thought and felt to the story puts the finishing touches onto the story and lets us into what we would also feel if we were in the author’s place.
My favourite part of the story is when Roald Dahl puts the mouse inside the Gobstoppers jar and he got beaten by Mr. Coombes for it. I liked this part because it shows how cheeky Roald Dahl was and most children probably have been beaten by their parents once in their lifetime. I think that it tells us that the book is going to have some humour in it, but there will also be some pain in it as well. It also hints that the following stories will be very exciting and suspenseful. My judgement of this book is that it is a humorous book with many painful, funny and unpleasant memories turned into individual stories in the book. The strengths of this book are that it conveys its messages quite clearly and the stories have just the right amount of humour and pain in it. The weaknesses of this book are that it sometimes exaggerates a bit too much and some scenes are very gruesome. I would recommend this book for children above 10 years old. show less