Question

Compare the teaching style of miss honey and miss trunchbull in novel Matilda

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Matilda and Miss Honey have an interesting relationship in the book 'Matilda'. Each has major problems until the other steps in to lend a helping hand. Read on to learn more about Matilda and Miss Honey's relationship.

Matilda

Matilda Wormwood is a remarkable child. She teaches herself to read by the age of four. By the time she starts school, she has read all of the children's books and many of the adult books at the library. Her parents, however, are nothing like her. In fact, they revile her, meaning they criticize her at every turn.

The headmistress at school, Miss Trunchbull, dislikes all children and detests Matilda from the very beginning. She has a torture contraption in her office called 'the chokey' that she uses to discipline children, and she is a beastly lady who often swings children around by their ears or hair.

While Matilda's strong sense of justice tells her that these adults must be punished for their bad behavior, she is still only a child. She cannot stand up to them outright because they are bigger, stronger, and have altogether more resources with which to bully her. While she can pull little pranks on them, she is ultimately stuck.

Miss Honey

Miss Honey, on the other hand, is an adult. As her name suggests, she is kind and gentle, and she likes Matilda right away. Her good nature, however, allows her to be taken advantage of by her nasty aunt - who happens to be Miss Trunchbull! Miss Trunchbull was Miss Honey's caretaker as a child and managed to worm her way into Miss Honey's inheritance when her parents died. Miss Honey is all but a slave to the terrible Trunchbull, and she displays her weakness by not standing up for herself

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