Rhetorical Reflection
I really enjoyed James and the Giant Peach. I think my favorite thing about the novel is the outrageous things included in it. For example, at the beginning of the novel, Dahl writes that James' parents are killed by getting eaten by a rhinoceros. This is just the beginning of the weird things Dahl writes about. I love that I was able to get lost in my imagination in this book. In my opinion, its the darkest one we read this semester. I was really surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did.
Notable Moment
My favorite part of the book was when the peach rolled through the chocolate factory. This is probably because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of my all time favorite movies. I think it is really neat that he incorporated one of his other books into James and the Giant Peach.
"The building happened to be a famous factory where they made chocolate, and almost at once a great river of warm melted chocolate came pouring out of the holes in the factory wall." (pg 50)
Analysis
James and the Giant Peach was definitely one of my top five favorites that we read this semester. Like I said before, I liked all of the weird and different stuff Dahl put in the book. It is what makes it so fun to get lost in. The book reminds me a lot of Cinderella. A boy who lost his parents and is living with evil relatives. The peach is like the Fairy Godmother and saves James from his miserable life. I feel like there are a ton of books based on this set up but Dahl does a great job making it different and stand out.
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