NOVEL:MATILDA

WRITER:ROALD
WRITER:ROALD DAHL
DAHL CHARACTERS:
CHARACTERS:
PUBLISHER:JONATHAN
PUBLISHER:JONATHAN 1)MALTILDA
1)MALTILDA WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
CAPE
CAPE 2)MISS
2)MISS JENNY
JENNY
ILLUSTRATER:QUENTIN
ILLUSTRATER:QUENTIN HENRY(SCHOOL
HENRY(SCHOOL TEACHER)
TEACHER)
BLAKE
BLAKE 3)MISS
3)MISS TRUNCHBULL
TRUNCHBULL
PUBLISHED:1
PUBLISHED:1 OCTOBER
OCTOBER (PRINCIPLE)
(PRINCIPLE)

.
1988
1988 4)HENRY
4)HENRY AND
AND ZINNIA
ZINNIA
GENRE:CHILDREN’S WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
GENRE:CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE,FANTASY (MATILDA’S
(MATILDA’S PARENTS)
PARENTS)
LITERATURE,FANTASY

NAME:SUBADARSIINI A/P SOMASUNDARAM

CLASS:4 PERDANA
 2)RISING ACTION
1)EXPOSITION As the initial setup shows us, Matilda is an
At the beginning, the narrator tells us that most awesome, smart kid. But her family doesn't see
parents think their children are brilliant, and that. When she displays signs of her intelligence, no
teachers have to set the record straight when matter how modestly, her father gets furious, so
grades come out. The Wormwood family is, well, she decides to get back at him by playing an
the opposite. If any parents ever had the right to embarrassing prank on him each time he's mean to
brag about a child, it would be the Wormwoods.
her.
Meet Matilda, the Wormwoods' daughter. She's a
prodigy who can read and do math like a genius,
If you were thinking that school might be a nice
and she's only five. She really is special. But the break from all the torture at home for Matilda, well,
Wormwoods couldn't care any less about their you'd be wrong. At school, Matilda (like all the other
daughter, and the more we get to know them, the students) has to deal with the horrible Trunchbull.
more we realize that this family situation is less In fact, the Trunchbull is so terrible that she brings
than ideal. out the best in Matilda—her telekinetic powers.
5)RESOLUTION
5)RESOLUTION But all these pranks can't last forever. Matilda's
Matilda
Matilda is is still
still stuck
stuck with
with herher icky
icky parents.
parents. parents and the Trunchbull just get meaner and
Miss Honey and Matilda,
Miss Honey and Matilda, who seemedwho seemed
meaner and meaner. Something's gotta give.
destined
destined to to be
be aa family
family of
of their
their own,
own, are
are still
still
apart.
apart. When Matilda's family heads to
When Matilda's family heads to
Spain,
Spain, though,
though, these
these two
two peas
peas inin a
a pod
pod finally
finally
get
get to be together. And neither one of them
to be together. And neither one of them
has
has toto think
think about
about their
their gross
gross former
former
3)CLIMAX
3)CLIMAX families
families ever
ever again.
again. The
The bad
bad are
are splitsville,
splitsville,
Matilda
Matilda isis working
working extra
extra hard
hard to to prepare
prepare her
her the
the good are rewarded, and everyone (well,
good are rewarded, and everyone (well,
everyone 4)FALLING
4)FALLING ACTION
ACTION
biggest
biggest and greatest prank to date. But
and greatest prank to date. But wewe don't
don't everyone who who matters)
matters) lives
lives happily
happily ever
ever
know after. At
At this
this stage,
stage, most
most of of the
the loose
loose elements
elements ofof the
the plot
plot
know what
what it it is.
is. We
We know
know she's
she's going
going to
to use
use her
her after.
fall
telekinetic powers, and she's going to
telekinetic powers, and she's going to try to taketry to take fall tidily
tidily back
back into
into place,
place, as as the
the good
good are
are rewarded
rewarded
down and
and the
the bad
bad punished.
punished. (Except
(Except for
for Mr.
Mr.
down the
the Trunchbull,
Trunchbull, but but otherwise
otherwise we'll
we'll have
have
to wait and see how it all goes down. Wormwood.)
Wormwood.) It's like the past decade or
It's like the past decade or so
so of
of Miss
Miss
to wait and see how it all goes down.
And Honey's
Honey's life life is
is being
being erased,
erased, asas she
she gets
gets to
to move
move
And then
then it does.
it does. And
And it's awesome.
it's awesome. In In this
this back
climactic
climactic scene, she uses her telekinetic powers
scene, she uses her telekinetic powers back intointo her
her family
family homehome and and gets
gets all
all the
the money
money
to that
that was rightfully hers. And, now that the
was rightfully hers. And, now that the
to threaten
threaten the
the Trunchbull
Trunchbull in in chalk
chalk onon the
the Trunchbull
board
board inin her
her classroom.
classroom. WhenWhen the the Trunchbull
Trunchbull Trunchbull is is gone,
gone, Matilda
Matilda can can skip
skip aa few
few grades
grades
passes and
and finally
finally be
be challenged
challenged in in school.
school. We're
We're winding
winding
passes out, we dare you not to let out a
out, we dare you not to let out a whoop
whoop of
of
joy. everything
everything up, up, itit seems,
seems, except
except those
those pesky
pesky parents
parents
joy. This is the height of the action in the book,
This is the height of the action in the book,
and are still in the picture.
are still in the picture.
and the
the height
height of of our
our spirits
spirits asas we
we root
root for
for
Matilda.
Matilda.