The BFG

The BFG
Written by Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Author study 1

I have nothing negative to say about this book. It grabbed you from the very beginning! What would you think if a giant man came and grabbed you through the window? Sophie was petrified!! "Is he going to eat," was all she could think about the whole way to the giants house. Once they arrived, Sophie found out that he was the BFG-The Big Friendly Giant!! From then on, Sophie learned about dreams and how all the human "beans" from different parts of the world taste like. She was disgusted by all of the other giants! Her and the BFG came up with a plan to punish them all. This plan involved dreams, running all the way to England, and even the QUEEN!!! It was an impossible mission!

One of my favorite things about this book was the way the BFG spoke. It had me cracking up. Some of the things were just ridiculous. I also liked how Sophie would try and correct him. It made it much more comical, because in my head I could see myself doing the same thing. It made me very relatable to her. This book is a great book on friendship. The relationship between Sophie and the BFG does take some work. They have to build a lot of trust with one another. Sophie has to trust that he wont eat her, and the BFG has to trust her with all of his secrets. Both players know their only way to survive is if they trust one another, so they do! They go on the biggest adventure of their life!