Who are the main characters of the story a drive in a motor car by roald dahl and also tell the settings of the story
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Boy Book Review by Kristen Naidu 7N The book boy, written by the renowned children's author, Roald Dahl is another magnificent read conjured up by the master storyteller. He composed a selection of entertaining anecdotes, each containing a component of a different genre which he then expertly combines to produce one of his greatest works, the book "Boy". This novel, published in 1984, is a classic story of his own childhood at home and on holidays as well as his disliked school. Dahl most likely created this book to reveal the most interesting and important events of his lively childhood and schooldays, consequently leading to the conclusion that this book is a recollection of memories, more commonly known as the genre, memoir. Roald Dahl along with the addition of his own detail focuses on the key points of his childhood, which construct the majority of the book. These events consisted of the many family holidays to Norway, where many comical, adventurous and exciting scenes occur. His reminiscences are conveyed through a series of entertaining short stories each of a different genre, be it fantasy, adventure or comedy. These stories are all interweaved expertly to form this masterpiece. He chose these ideas or memories to convey as they were his most colourful events from his past. The master story teller employs literary techniques in his story to add meaning, life or just create a picture. He is a master at utilizing embellishment as well as pen portraits. He reminisces boring, uninteresting people from his past, and embellishes them into characters exploding with life, filled with lots of exquisite detail, be it good or bad. He develops the image of these characters through pen portraits filled with all sorts of interesting details. Another technique wildly used by the master would be figurative language. Using such language such as personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile and alliteration he creates more description for settings and characters, as well as adding more meaning and flow to the novel itself. Points of view or perspectives are very important and Dahl successfully incorporates it into his masterpiece. It allows the reader to view the minds of the other characters and experience first - hand what the culprit or the victim felt about something. My most memorable experience was Mrs. Pratchett's perspective of the rat in the gobstopper compared to Dahl's and his gang. He adds extra life to characters by giving them a voice. In the case of Ms. Pratchett her colloquial, uneducated and rough speech is unique to her and a reader will recognise her just from the speech. This is called characterization. Suspense is a key element in any story and when it is applied well, an excellent story is produced. Dahl does apply it well and keeps us questioning continuously throughout the book. I continued flipping pages until I found the answer. But, as well as awesome suspense building his climaxes were all fantastic and gave us what we wanted, what we expected. The scene or part in this book that dominated the rest of this book was the thriller of the rat in the gobstopper jar. I liked it for the comical, spine- tingling and suspenseful aspects in it. This scene explains to us that Dahl, as a kid, was like all others, a figure that wanted a laugh and didn't look before he leapt. This fantastic book is so well written and structured that most people could read it for a while without putting it down. I believe the excellent combination of genres allows most readers to enjoy this book as their favourite genre would be included. There are little weaknesses, but those that are there are barely recognisable as the strengths outweigh them. These are fans of embellishment and the rest of Roald Dahl's literary techniques, as well as a fan of most of the genres used in this novel. Readers between the ages of 9 - 17 would greatly enjoy it, but much older may find the book childish and uninteresting. I disagree with user chris.raimoto where he says I would recommend this book to all readers aged 8 and above who love humorous plots of stories and of course to those who want to know more about the breathtaking life of Roald Dahl. This is not true as 8 year olds wont grasp the full meaning as they wont understand the greatness of what dahl says.