![]() He is a tourist on Jamaica, having a strange feeling since the moment he arrived on Jamaica.Ģ) -The driver, he is a man who has just bought a new car and is proud of it. the I-person: we see everything through his eyes. He is a thief, but he doesn’t want to say this, he prefers to be seen as a sort of a Robin Hood-type.ġ) -Mr.Edwards, he is the hotel-owner who only wants two things: no trouble with his hotel (keeping a good name) and second as much money as possible. He is a man, looking very creepy, with a rat-face. He is the one who makes the story interesting, and because of him the story ends well. He is willing to give his life if they want to kill the turtle.Ģ) -the hitch-hiker. He is a young boy with a very strong love for animals. The way he steels is like magic, but it isn’t magic in real, because it’s no trick.ġ) -the boy. The hitch hiker is like Robin Hood: he steels from the rich to give it to the poor. Nobody understands the feelings of this boy and at the end the boy is the lucky one, and everyone else is left frustrated.Ģ) The theme here could be ‘good-hearted’ or ‘unreal magic’. It is described at the end of this book-report.ġ) The theme here I would describe like ‘animal love’ or ‘adventure’. This story is about a man, Henry Sugar, who discovered miracles. ‘The wonderful story of Henry Sugar’ is of course the title of one of the story inside the book. ![]() ![]() The writer doesn’t say when it takes place, but the main person drives a new BMW 3.3, which doesn’t say much, but we can conclude it will also have been between 1950/19.ġ) The story starts on the day that the turtle has been catched on the beach in Jamaica.Ģ) The story starts at the moment that the driver of the car sees the hitch-hiker and decides to give him a lift.ġ) The climax is at the moment that the fishermen come to tell that the boy is gone sitting on the back of the turtle.Ģ) The moment that the driver thinks they’re in big trouble, and the hitch-hiker shows the small book of the policeman. (so probably at less than 100 miles distance from London)ġ) This story takes place ‘not so long ago’, so that means it has been between 19. The hitch-hiker is an unemployed person who steels stuff from people.ġ) The whole story takes place at the coast of Jamaica.Ģ) The story takes places on the way to London. He will probably be successful, because he has just bought a BMW. The boy who is protecting the turtle is just a boy from England, on vacation with his parents.Ģ)-The I-person is a writer from England. Mr.Edwards is the owner of the hotel at Jamaica. The first answer is always about the story ‘The boy who could talk with animals’, the second answer is about ‘the hitch-hiker’.ġ) -The I-person is a normal person from England, having vacation in Jamaica From here on, all the questions are answered for two stories out of this book. Novel O novelette O Short O poetry O non-fiction OĪ) division into chapters O acts O scenes O Number of pages: of a series of matching novels yes O no Genre: Edition published by: Heinemann / New windmills As soon as I started reading I recognised his typical way of writing immediately, and I enjoyed it a lot.Ĥ. At this moment I haven’t read any books of Roald Dahl for a few years, until I saw this English book. Dahl can interest you very easily and pull you into a story, that you can’t stop reading. I was reading his books when I was 10/11 years and I enjoyed them very much. He would later recount his adventures at Shell and his subsequent experiences as an RAF pilot in his 1986 book, Going Solo.įor me personally, Roald Dahl has always been one of my favourite writers. He went to Kenya, Dar-es-Salaam, where h was to be based, the capital of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and Zanzibar along the way. ![]() He was in his mid twenties and in the mood for an adventure. He underwent training in England for three years, after which he was sent to East Africa (Wonderful 189). After finishing high school in 1934, Roald went to work for the Shell Oil Company. Many around him believed that he died of a broken heart. Two months later, Harald died of pneumonia. In January 1920, Roald's sister Astri died of appendicitis at the age of seven. ![]() He was the third of four children and the only son of Harald and Sofie Dahl. Roald Dahl was born on Septemin Cardiff, Wales. Notes on the author, his life, work, time: Title: The wonderful story of Henry Sugarģ. ![]()
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