Recent news of edits to Roald Dahl’s children’s titles has led to much controversy…
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Violent motivations in Roald Dahl’s “The Great Switcheroo” and “The Last Act”
Trigger warning: explicit mention of r*pe and sexual violence
Voicelessness and Sexual Power Dynamics in Roald Dahl’s “The Visitor”
While this particular story certainly isn’t the most egregious case of misogyny and gender-based sexual violence against women, it is fruitful for establishing narrative devices that Dahl employs to present such themes to his audience
Willy Wonka as Colonialist Hero
It doesn’t require a stretch of the imagination to identify postcolonial themes in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fatphobia in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Matilda’
There is a piousness attached to Charlie that isn’t present in Augustus, reinforcing the ‘good/healthy’ and ‘bad/unhealthy’ language attached to food
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Apparently drowning is the most euphoric way to die. The brain starves of oxygen and thinks back to every memory you’ve ever had – even ones you’d thought you’d forgotten – to see if there’s anything to save you.
You & I
Your back is up against the armrest like you’re pinned against the wall. You’ve crossed your legs, creating a barrier between us. It’s working.
and again
She revels in grief / her grief is / wretched
Wilfrid Moore’s Eventful Day
On a cloudy morning in October Wilfrid Moore, of 72 Ambridge Road, turned into a Jellybaby. It was the most peculiar thing that had happened to him since the time he’d realised he’d been using denture cream as toothpaste for almost an entire month.
My Brother, The Clown
On the back wall is a family portrait, in which the family is awkwardly posed; everyone is smiling except ROBERT, who looks as if he wishes he could leap out of the photograph and run away into the distance
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