Matilda Is a book written by Roald Dahl in 1988. Tha book is about a super inteligent girl with special powers who lives with her family who don't care about her or education. At school she meets the wonderful and kind teacher Miss Honey, and the terrible headmaster Miss Trunchbull.
The book has several themes and one of them is children who rebels against authority (in this case the parents and miss Trunchbull). Another theme in Matilda is family, Matilda knows that her family isn't normal and show us what a dysfunctional family is. We take it for granted that parents are loving, kind and suportive. Miss Honey has also a dysfunctional relationship with her aunt Miss Trunchbull. A third theme you can find in the book is authority abusing power. Mis Trunchbull abuses her children by throwing them around, locking them in and forcing them to eat cake. At last but not least we have the theme "superpowers", Matilda is not only super smart but she also can move things by using her mind. How cool is that?
- by Karita Hansen
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