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Roald Dahl

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

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Essay Topics

1.

Which similarities in manner and habit can be identified between Harald Dahl and his son Roald?

2.

In what contradictory ways does Dahl characterize the Llandaff sweetshop?

3.

Describe Dahl’s use of literary devices such as imagery and metaphor to render Mrs. Pratchett a terrifying antagonist.