MY WORLD..........
Author: Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
A journey to be out of the past, to live a better future.
Worthy of the children’s book award, Matilda is a story of
an innocent girl, Matilda. She has horrible parents, an even more horrible
headmistress and an ignorant and pampered brother. However, her life of
loneliness and sorrow turns into a life of adventure when she joins school and
meets miss rosy. This results in the formation of a page-turning endeavour of
funny situations and an intense, involving but kid-friendly story. The author
has involved humour, adventure, agony, ambition and an urge to live a better
life. And most importantly magic, which is part of most of his books. It has
all a children’s book needs- imaginative illustration (by Quentin Blake),
adventure, tricks, fun, triumph of the hero, oops! Heroine. Matilda in the
course of the book changed the fate of miss rosy and also of her school, which
got a better head after the nasty Miss Trunchbull.
The story
begins with a note from Roald Dahl. He discusses the relationships between
parents and children, describing the worst set of parents as the ones who have
brats but pamper them; and the ones who have gems but don’t value. Matilda’s
parents are both of the above. More of gender partiality is portrayed. Michael is
pampered and Matilda isn’t valued. She is called a liar, cheat, stupid and
verbally abused. However, she has a wonderful intellect, a book lover and a clever
mind. However, she has smart tricks up her sleeves and she outsmarts them which
cause absolutely funny situations.
Miss rosy,
her class teacher is surprised by her reading and calculating skills, which
were superb for a five year old. Miss Rosy’s conversation with the Wormwoods is enchanting, where an adamant miss rosy tries in vain to convince them to promote Matilda
to a higher grade.
Later, a bond
develops between miss rosy and Matilda. A very good relationship of love,
affection, which heals their wounds of loneliness, is formed. After hearing Miss
Rosy’s story Matilda feels an urge to help her. In a bid to help, Matilda
discovers magical powers in herself, which she uses in order to avenge the
murder of miss rosy. I won’t say anything more, and leave all for you to Read.
The story of
immense willpower, strength, love, perseverance forms one of Roald Dahl’s best
classics.
by SHAHEN PARDIWALA
by SHAHEN PARDIWALA
