MaTiLdA - Roald Dahl

             

                                  

Everyone will tell you this is a great book for kids, well yes it is indeed. But let me tell you it is a great book for adults as well especially for those adults who used to be the mischief-makers during their days and also those who adored the mischief-makers. The story is also about taking control of your own life. In fact, this is one of the most important learnings that the book gives you. The story revolves around Matilda who is barely 5 years old. She has taught herself to read by the age of 3,

by 4 she has read all Children's books in the local library and has started reading more like Dickens and Hemmingway. She is a gifted child, a prodigy. At this age when her fellow classmates can barely read a sentence, she has taught herself to read and has read a good number of books. Her parents, however, do not care for her, nor do they approve of her reading. They prefer the 'Telly' instead. They are ignorant of her great talent and instead of encouraging her, they think her as a problem. The story is how she goes about her life, when her parents are beastly to her she takes her small revenge making it into an amusing story. In school, she meets the formidable miss Trunchbull who is the headmistress. Miss Trunchbull can pick kids up by their hair, ears, ankles and throws them like a hammer. She also meets her form teacher the good and kind Miss Honey. It turns out that Miss Honey has her own problems, the two confide in each other and then Matilda solves Miss Honey's problem, how she does it is interesting but to find out that you need to read the book....after all, passion for reading is an inseparable part of this book.