Roald Dahl is an author who likes write poems
and stories. Some of these poems are collected in Revolting Rhymes such as
“Cinderella” or “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf”. Some interesting books
from this author are “The Witches”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” or
“Matilda”.
Firstly, I would like to highlight some words
from Roald Dahl:
“A story idea is liable to come flitting into
the mind at any moment of the day, and if I don’t make a note of it at once,
right then and there, it will be gone forever. So I must find a pencil, a pen,
a crayon, a lipstick, anything that will write, and scribble a few words that
will later on remind me of the idea. Then, as soon as I get the chance, I go
straight to my hut and write the idea down in an old red – coloured school
exercise book.”
Related to this, he considers that any good
story must start with a strong plot and for that reason he collects some ideas.
His main preoccupation when he creates a story is a terror of boring the
reader. Thus, as Roald Dahl says, he try to invent stories that cause the
reader to laugh, squirm, become enthralled and become tense and excited and
say: “read on!, don’t stop!”
By knowing
this mentality from the author, we can understand the good results and success
of his stories. I like the way in which they are written and the possibilities
that they offer us to do different activities.
Revolting rhymes show a different point of view
to tell a story at the same time that they attract children attention because
of the way in which they are written.
On the other hand, Roald Dahl books are very
funny and interesting for children. They include all the factors that I
mentioned before, but the ones which are more important for me are the ones
that make the reader laugh and the ones which do the reader continues his
reading.
Definitely, I consider that Roald Dahl stories
are a good resource for children entertainment and for working with them as a
teacher in an English class.
I let you the official Roald Dahl website in
which you can find a lot of interesting things such as different resources or
the author’s opinion.
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