Boekverslag: Boy
Roald Dahl was a British writer of novels, short stories, and film scripts, but best for his children?s books. He was born in Llandaff, Whales, and educated at Repton, a boarding school for boys.
In the years 1937-1945, Mr. Dahl published his RAF adventures in the Saturday Evening Post and wrote his first book. The Gremlings (1943).
Here are some of his works:
* Someone Like You (1953)
Kiss, Kiss (1959)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Summary
In the book Boy, Tales of Childhood, Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) writes about his childhood up through grade school. But he doesn?t only tell about himself. There are many other people described in this book. His father Harald Dahl, his mother Sofie Magdalene, headmasters, friends and so on.
The book is set in France, Great Britain and Norway. These countries and places all have something to do with Roald Dahl or someone in his family.
It?s hard to say something about the theme. Although you can put it all in one word - CHILDHOOD.
This is not an autobiography. At least Mr. Dahl said so. He just had many memories from his childhood that he just couldn?t forget, and decided to write them down. I don?t think he had other purposes than that.
The book starts with a chapter about Dahls mother and father, especially his father Harald Dahl.
Harald Dahl was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo, called Sarpsborg. When he was fourteen a drunk doctor mistook his fractured elbow for a dislocated shoulder. The result was amputation. In spite of this handicap, he managed to build his way up the careerladder from being a middle-class- boy in Sarpsborg, and ending up as a wealthy business-man. He died in 1920 of pneumonia.
At this time the Dahl- family lived in the village of Llandaff, just outside Cardiff. Roalds Norwegian mother (Sofie Magdalene Dahl) was pregnant and after having the baby, she had to take care of six children alone.
This must of course have been very hard on this beautiful young woman. Especially since she was ? alone? in a foreign country. But Sofie Magdalene did a very good job on bringing up all the children on her own. She even took all of them for summer holidays in Norway every year.
At the age of 7-9, Roald went to Llandaff Cathedral School. At this time the most important things in his life was sweets.
Roald and his friends went to the sweet-shop every day. A woman named Mrs. Pratchett owned the shop and she was real cruel to the boys. That?s why they one day putted a dead mouse in one of the candyjars. As punishment , their evil Headmaster hit them with a cane.
It?s these sort of incidents Roald writes about in his book. The Great Mouse Plot of 1924, his first automobile ride, his many canings by Headmasters, his vacations and so on. A VERY interesting childhood !
Earlier I talked about the theme in this book. Childhood is a very important part of a persons life, and I think especially Roald Dahls life as a grown up has been very affected of the incidents in his childhood. A very special childhood if you ask me!
I think this book was a very nice description of a man?s life. There?s always something happening, and that contributes to the fact that this book is never boring. Normally I would have thought this book was boring. Honestly, I don?t like autobiography?s. But this book was special. Roald Dahl is right when he says that it?s not an autobiography. I don?t know what makes it different, but there is something, that?s for sure.
The way he describes his family is very nice. You can almost sense the love between all of them. That?s another positive thing about the book.
I also learned allot about how life was like in ? the old days ?. Among many other things, I was quite surprised by the way the kids were treated at school.
I liked this book very much, and I would recommend it to others. Both kids and grown- ups.
In the years 1937-1945, Mr. Dahl published his RAF adventures in the Saturday Evening Post and wrote his first book. The Gremlings (1943).
Here are some of his works:
* Someone Like You (1953)
Kiss, Kiss (1959)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Summary
In the book Boy, Tales of Childhood, Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) writes about his childhood up through grade school. But he doesn?t only tell about himself. There are many other people described in this book. His father Harald Dahl, his mother Sofie Magdalene, headmasters, friends and so on.
The book is set in France, Great Britain and Norway. These countries and places all have something to do with Roald Dahl or someone in his family.
It?s hard to say something about the theme. Although you can put it all in one word - CHILDHOOD.
This is not an autobiography. At least Mr. Dahl said so. He just had many memories from his childhood that he just couldn?t forget, and decided to write them down. I don?t think he had other purposes than that.
The book starts with a chapter about Dahls mother and father, especially his father Harald Dahl.
Harald Dahl was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo, called Sarpsborg. When he was fourteen a drunk doctor mistook his fractured elbow for a dislocated shoulder. The result was amputation. In spite of this handicap, he managed to build his way up the careerladder from being a middle-class- boy in Sarpsborg, and ending up as a wealthy business-man. He died in 1920 of pneumonia.
At this time the Dahl- family lived in the village of Llandaff, just outside Cardiff. Roalds Norwegian mother (Sofie Magdalene Dahl) was pregnant and after having the baby, she had to take care of six children alone.
This must of course have been very hard on this beautiful young woman. Especially since she was ? alone? in a foreign country. But Sofie Magdalene did a very good job on bringing up all the children on her own. She even took all of them for summer holidays in Norway every year.
At the age of 7-9, Roald went to Llandaff Cathedral School. At this time the most important things in his life was sweets.
Roald and his friends went to the sweet-shop every day. A woman named Mrs. Pratchett owned the shop and she was real cruel to the boys. That?s why they one day putted a dead mouse in one of the candyjars. As punishment , their evil Headmaster hit them with a cane.
It?s these sort of incidents Roald writes about in his book. The Great Mouse Plot of 1924, his first automobile ride, his many canings by Headmasters, his vacations and so on. A VERY interesting childhood !
Earlier I talked about the theme in this book. Childhood is a very important part of a persons life, and I think especially Roald Dahls life as a grown up has been very affected of the incidents in his childhood. A very special childhood if you ask me!
I think this book was a very nice description of a man?s life. There?s always something happening, and that contributes to the fact that this book is never boring. Normally I would have thought this book was boring. Honestly, I don?t like autobiography?s. But this book was special. Roald Dahl is right when he says that it?s not an autobiography. I don?t know what makes it different, but there is something, that?s for sure.
The way he describes his family is very nice. You can almost sense the love between all of them. That?s another positive thing about the book.
I also learned allot about how life was like in ? the old days ?. Among many other things, I was quite surprised by the way the kids were treated at school.
I liked this book very much, and I would recommend it to others. Both kids and grown- ups.