Boekverslag: Oom Oswald
Code:4-5
Pages:140
1st published:1974
1st Short story:The Visitor
Explanation title: This story is a part of one of the 28 diaries of Oswald, in this part he visits an arab and his family so he is a visitor.
Setting:
Place: At the filling station and at the Arab's house.
Time: Not mentioned.
Theme:mostly sex
Summary: One day a man got a wooden case filled with big books. The books came from his uncle "Oswald Hendryks Cornelius". The books were his diaries. Nobody in the family had heard about him for more then thirthy years.
Oswald didn't care for his family. He was a business men so he travelled a lot.
He had a special gift. He was able to seduce women with his eyes.
This chapter is one of the episode's of Oswald.
After having lunch in Cairo he wanted to go to Jerusalem. At four o'clock he had to go to a fuel station. A strange man filled the car and checked the engine. Your fan-belt is in pieces, he said.Oswald thought he had cut it. While Oswald was thinking how to come in Jerusalem a Rolls Royce stopped at the filling-station. A rich Arab stepped out of and asked him what was wrong. Oswald told him about the fan-belt. The arab said that he could stay the night with him. Oswald got in the car and they drove to a very big house in the middle of the dessert. His wife and his daughter were beautiful.During supper he chatted them up. He was sure that after supper he ould have sex with one of them. At one o'clock they went to bed. Half an hour later someone entered his room.
Oswald didn't know who it was, it was to dark in the room. When he had sex with her he bit her nape. The next morning he watched the ladies but they both wore a scarf.
Now he still didn't know who it was last night. The Arab told him that the fan-belt had been delivered. He brought Oswald back to the fuel station. On the road the arab told him about his second daughter, She had leprosy, he also said that you must have the most intimate contact with the person to catch it.
Personal opinion:
I find this an very nice story, it's not extremely difficult to read and it's a very interesting theme.
Author:
Roald Dahl was born in Liandaff, Glamorgan, in 1916.
In 1942 he went to washington as a Assistant Air Attache and there he begon to write short stories like:Over to You, stories about himself as a wartime fighter pilot.
And he also wrote Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You.
Roald Dahl died in November 1990.
2nd Short story:Bitch
Explanation title:
The perfume that Henri Biotte invented was called 'Bitch'
Setting:
Place:Henri's labaratory
Time:Not mentioned
Theme: Sex
Summary:
Bitch is also an part of one of Oswald's diaries.
Mr. Oswald was phoned during lunch. It was Henri, He was very excited and shouted: I've got it come over here! Oswald was astonished and answered: I come immediately.
A couple of years ago Oswald met Henri Biotte. Henri told him abou his job and his interests for perfume. Henri was an Belgian chemist who searched for a smell that can make men horny. Oswald was interested and after Henri said that he didn't have the money for his inquiry Oswald prepared to finance it. And now, five years later Henri had found the perfume. Oswald went to the lab fast as he could. Henri was very excited. He told Oswald about his first experience with the perfume. An hour ago, he smelt the perfume and became horny and restless. He tore his clothes off his body and ran naked through the corridor looking for a girl. After five minutes it was worked out and he was glad that he didn't find a girl.
The same day Henri asked a boxer to help him with his investigation.
He was prepared to help him but he didn't even know what he had to do.
He came at three o'clock. Henri let him in and said that the only thing he had to do was to smell the perfume, so the boxer smelt the perfume, he became horny and he had sex with Henri's assistent. After that he didn't know what he had done.Henri and Oswald were happy that they had found the right perfume at last. After more tests Henri would write down the formula. He was the only man who knew how to make the perfume. Next day when he went back to the lab his assistent had spread the perfume all over her, so he had sex with his assistent. But he had a very bad heart condition and he got a heart attack and died.Oswald was the only man with the perfume now.
He hated the president so he had decided to spray the 1st lady during a meeting live on television. So he went to her and gave her a dress (Which so-called came from the president) with a little of the perfume in it. But when he was in the living room of the president's wife he smelt the perfume and raped her. When he came by he wanted to get out of there and then she said "I don't know who you are, young man, but you certainly done me a power of good.
Personal opinion:
This story is also very nice but I don't think the writer means anything special with it.
3rd Short story:The Great Switcheroo
Summery:
Vincent and Mary were at Jerry and samantha's cocktail party. They were neigbours.
Almost everybody had gone there,Vincent sat next to samantha, he would like to go to bed with her. When both ladies were talking, Vincent took a seat next to Jerry. He was half drunk. Vincent told him a story about his friend. His friend and his friend's neighbour switched wives. Once a week they stood up at one o'clock when their wives were sleeping, switched their house, had sex with the neighbours wive and switch their house again. The women didn't even know that they had sex with another man. Jerry didn't believe it. Vincent's wife came into the living room an d said that she wanted to go. He stood up said his neighbours goodbye and went home.
Vincent couldn't sleep so he took his lawnmower and mowed the lawn. Jerry entered the garden and said to him that he found it a great plan. Vincent was glad. They arranged to meet eachother next day. They had to learn each other's houses.
The next two weeks they met eachother to learn their houses and the way they had sex with their own wives and next saturdaynight they did it. Exactly at one o'clock they met each other in the garden and entered a strange house. Everything went ok and at two o'clock they went home again. Next morning Mary didn't say anything. Vincent was afraid she knew what happened last night. Come here she said. Last night I had the best night of my life. I have never told you that I didn't like the way we had sex.
But last night you were great. Now we finely can have great sex. She was very happy, and Vincent was quiet, he didn't know what to say.
4th Short story:The Last Act
Summary:
Anna Cooper heard the bell. She walked to the front door and opened it.
Two policemen were standing in front of her. They were quiet. The left policemen began to talk. I don't know how to say this. Your husband has had an accident.
He died on his way to the hospital. Anna screamed she couldn't believe that her man died. The months after the accident the doctors had to keep her living. She surely would have killed herself if the doctors didn't watch her . Six months after the accident their children left their house. They got a friend and Anna was alone again.She wanted to kill herself again, but that day a friend came. He asked her to help him at the office. A lot of people had been ill. She couldn't decline it. And 1 year later she still worked there. She was happy, she had new friends so she wanted to live again. For her work she had to go to Dallas. She felt alone. And at once she remembered that she had a friend in Dallas. Conrad Krueger. She called him and asked him to come over. Conrad came to the hotel. After a lot of drinks they went to anna's room. She wanted to have sex with him. After a time she wanted to stop,but Conrad didn't stop. She started to scream and Conrad stopped.Anna ran to the bathroom(maybe to kill herself,but I am not really sure).
Conrad put his clothes on and left the room.
Pages:140
1st published:1974
1st Short story:The Visitor
Explanation title: This story is a part of one of the 28 diaries of Oswald, in this part he visits an arab and his family so he is a visitor.
Setting:
Place: At the filling station and at the Arab's house.
Time: Not mentioned.
Theme:mostly sex
Summary: One day a man got a wooden case filled with big books. The books came from his uncle "Oswald Hendryks Cornelius". The books were his diaries. Nobody in the family had heard about him for more then thirthy years.
Oswald didn't care for his family. He was a business men so he travelled a lot.
He had a special gift. He was able to seduce women with his eyes.
This chapter is one of the episode's of Oswald.
After having lunch in Cairo he wanted to go to Jerusalem. At four o'clock he had to go to a fuel station. A strange man filled the car and checked the engine. Your fan-belt is in pieces, he said.Oswald thought he had cut it. While Oswald was thinking how to come in Jerusalem a Rolls Royce stopped at the filling-station. A rich Arab stepped out of and asked him what was wrong. Oswald told him about the fan-belt. The arab said that he could stay the night with him. Oswald got in the car and they drove to a very big house in the middle of the dessert. His wife and his daughter were beautiful.During supper he chatted them up. He was sure that after supper he ould have sex with one of them. At one o'clock they went to bed. Half an hour later someone entered his room.
Oswald didn't know who it was, it was to dark in the room. When he had sex with her he bit her nape. The next morning he watched the ladies but they both wore a scarf.
Now he still didn't know who it was last night. The Arab told him that the fan-belt had been delivered. He brought Oswald back to the fuel station. On the road the arab told him about his second daughter, She had leprosy, he also said that you must have the most intimate contact with the person to catch it.
Personal opinion:
I find this an very nice story, it's not extremely difficult to read and it's a very interesting theme.
Author:
Roald Dahl was born in Liandaff, Glamorgan, in 1916.
In 1942 he went to washington as a Assistant Air Attache and there he begon to write short stories like:Over to You, stories about himself as a wartime fighter pilot.
And he also wrote Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You.
Roald Dahl died in November 1990.
2nd Short story:Bitch
Explanation title:
The perfume that Henri Biotte invented was called 'Bitch'
Setting:
Place:Henri's labaratory
Time:Not mentioned
Theme: Sex
Summary:
Bitch is also an part of one of Oswald's diaries.
Mr. Oswald was phoned during lunch. It was Henri, He was very excited and shouted: I've got it come over here! Oswald was astonished and answered: I come immediately.
A couple of years ago Oswald met Henri Biotte. Henri told him abou his job and his interests for perfume. Henri was an Belgian chemist who searched for a smell that can make men horny. Oswald was interested and after Henri said that he didn't have the money for his inquiry Oswald prepared to finance it. And now, five years later Henri had found the perfume. Oswald went to the lab fast as he could. Henri was very excited. He told Oswald about his first experience with the perfume. An hour ago, he smelt the perfume and became horny and restless. He tore his clothes off his body and ran naked through the corridor looking for a girl. After five minutes it was worked out and he was glad that he didn't find a girl.
The same day Henri asked a boxer to help him with his investigation.
He was prepared to help him but he didn't even know what he had to do.
He came at three o'clock. Henri let him in and said that the only thing he had to do was to smell the perfume, so the boxer smelt the perfume, he became horny and he had sex with Henri's assistent. After that he didn't know what he had done.Henri and Oswald were happy that they had found the right perfume at last. After more tests Henri would write down the formula. He was the only man who knew how to make the perfume. Next day when he went back to the lab his assistent had spread the perfume all over her, so he had sex with his assistent. But he had a very bad heart condition and he got a heart attack and died.Oswald was the only man with the perfume now.
He hated the president so he had decided to spray the 1st lady during a meeting live on television. So he went to her and gave her a dress (Which so-called came from the president) with a little of the perfume in it. But when he was in the living room of the president's wife he smelt the perfume and raped her. When he came by he wanted to get out of there and then she said "I don't know who you are, young man, but you certainly done me a power of good.
Personal opinion:
This story is also very nice but I don't think the writer means anything special with it.
3rd Short story:The Great Switcheroo
Summery:
Vincent and Mary were at Jerry and samantha's cocktail party. They were neigbours.
Almost everybody had gone there,Vincent sat next to samantha, he would like to go to bed with her. When both ladies were talking, Vincent took a seat next to Jerry. He was half drunk. Vincent told him a story about his friend. His friend and his friend's neighbour switched wives. Once a week they stood up at one o'clock when their wives were sleeping, switched their house, had sex with the neighbours wive and switch their house again. The women didn't even know that they had sex with another man. Jerry didn't believe it. Vincent's wife came into the living room an d said that she wanted to go. He stood up said his neighbours goodbye and went home.
Vincent couldn't sleep so he took his lawnmower and mowed the lawn. Jerry entered the garden and said to him that he found it a great plan. Vincent was glad. They arranged to meet eachother next day. They had to learn each other's houses.
The next two weeks they met eachother to learn their houses and the way they had sex with their own wives and next saturdaynight they did it. Exactly at one o'clock they met each other in the garden and entered a strange house. Everything went ok and at two o'clock they went home again. Next morning Mary didn't say anything. Vincent was afraid she knew what happened last night. Come here she said. Last night I had the best night of my life. I have never told you that I didn't like the way we had sex.
But last night you were great. Now we finely can have great sex. She was very happy, and Vincent was quiet, he didn't know what to say.
4th Short story:The Last Act
Summary:
Anna Cooper heard the bell. She walked to the front door and opened it.
Two policemen were standing in front of her. They were quiet. The left policemen began to talk. I don't know how to say this. Your husband has had an accident.
He died on his way to the hospital. Anna screamed she couldn't believe that her man died. The months after the accident the doctors had to keep her living. She surely would have killed herself if the doctors didn't watch her . Six months after the accident their children left their house. They got a friend and Anna was alone again.She wanted to kill herself again, but that day a friend came. He asked her to help him at the office. A lot of people had been ill. She couldn't decline it. And 1 year later she still worked there. She was happy, she had new friends so she wanted to live again. For her work she had to go to Dallas. She felt alone. And at once she remembered that she had a friend in Dallas. Conrad Krueger. She called him and asked him to come over. Conrad came to the hotel. After a lot of drinks they went to anna's room. She wanted to have sex with him. After a time she wanted to stop,but Conrad didn't stop. She started to scream and Conrad stopped.Anna ran to the bathroom(maybe to kill herself,but I am not really sure).
Conrad put his clothes on and left the room.