| Roald Dahl chronicles his early childhood, beginning with his parents' histories, then his own birth, through the time he graduated high school and got a job with Shell Oil. You get an insight into the casual brutalities of boarding school matrons and masters, and many funny stories about the mischief Roald and his friends got up to. If you look closely enough, you can see that many of the characters in his novels (Miss Trunchbull in "Matilda" for instance) are based on people he writes about in "Boy." | ||
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Plot & Themes Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - general coming of age story Period of greatest activity? - 1900+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - British Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Century: - 1900-1920's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - very happy - like laughing If this is a kid's book: - Age 11-14 Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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