He provided food and shelter for me. The days were not as hot as the first day, but the nights were as cold as being in a freezer. At that time, mysteriously, he found warm blankets for the night, and light clothing to change into at daybreak. I had many conversations with him through the nights that we spent together, as I was unable to sleep, and it seemed to me, that he never slept.
Snow Day Surprise One magnificent afternoon, while I was enjoying life to the fullest, I heard the phone ring. It interrupted my online research on techniques for swimming and what to eat. I strode over there like I had all the time in the world. I saw the Caller ID. It was my Read more…
Roald Dahl’s imagination often pits cunning children against bitter and repulsive adults. This continuing theme may be so important in his work based on Dahl’s experiences in boarding school, when his English masters beat him, and upperclassmen were mean and territorial. But in The BFG, the beaten character, the BFG, seems to be similar to Dahl himself; because the BFG spends all of his time giving pleasure to children and saving them, we learn something about who Dahl really is.
Two characters from Danny the Champion of the World: William, a.k.a Danny’s father, and Danny. by Harry Wan William (Danny’s father) Without a doubt, Danny’s father is the most excellent and exciting father any boy could ever have. His father appears to be really serious in fact, he never smiles with his mouth; when Read more…
In The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, there are many life lessons learned by the teenagers Rueven Malter and Danny Saunders, exhibited by two parenting styles and perspectives. The first parenting style is from David Malter, Reuven’s father. David Malter is like Reuven’s shepherd – more than a simple father, he is a father who provides shelter and does not try to control his son’s future – he guides him, and yet you could say that David Malter almost has Reuven’s future planned out. Reb Sauders is a leader of a sect, of the Hasidic Jewish tradition, from Europe. His parenting style is quite different from David Malter’s. Reb Saunders raises Danny in silence because the first born of the family must become a tzaddik. (A tzaddik is a high rank in Hasidism.) The tzaddik is the leader in the group of Hasids and the father passes it on to the son and so on, so Reb Saunders is preparing Danny. Reb Saunders never talks to Danny unless they study the Talmud.
