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Roald Dahl is particularly well-known for his works of children’s literature, which typically present children at odds with absurdly evil adults. Those who knew Dahl theorize this tendency in his works stems from the abuse he faced at the boarding schools he attended. His books give power back to children while stripping it from mean adults, and there is often a single kind adult to balance things out. This format holds true for some of Dahl’s best-known works, such as Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. In Matilda, the titular child protagonist, a highly intelligent girl, faces cruel parents and a violently mean school principal, characters who are offset by her kind and gentle classroom teacher. Similarly, James of James and the Giant Peach lives with his two cruel and spiteful aunts, but when his adventures begin, he finds himself in the presence of several kind adult bugs who grew in proportion to the giant fruit they inhabit.
The Twits departs somewhat from this framework, offering kind animals instead of children and having no kind adult to offset the nasty Twits. Still, many of Dahl’s central story elements apply.
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Danny, the Champion of the World
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Esio Trot
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Fantastic Mr Fox
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George's Marvelous Medicine
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Going Solo
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James And The Giant Peach
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Lamb To The Slaughter
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Matilda
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Skin
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The BFG
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The Witches
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