Matilda novel5/13/2023 ![]() These appear also in his descriptions of Mike Teevee and Verucca Salt, the less-favoured children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.ĭahl's humour and warmth is always infectious and can delight readers of all ages, but his sophistication should never be overlooked. The snobbery is evident in the classist jokes about Matilda's vulgarian family, and would probably just wash over the head of a five-year-old, but behind them lie the less attractive elements of Dahl's views about the aspiring classes he despises. ![]() She is one of the great caricatures of children's literature but readers need to be old enough to recognise that she bears little resemblance to anybody "real" a child needs a certain amount of sophistication to be able to make the distinction. ![]() The way in which Miss Trunchbull is portrayed could just be plain scary for a five-year-old and might raise anxieties about school which would be entirely misplaced. While there is much in Matilda that a five-year-old would enjoy – primarily Matilda herself and, of course, her lovely relationship with the wonderful Miss Honey – there is also a lot in the book that is Dahl at his most brutal and his most snobbish. ![]()
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