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0 pointsmanachar9y ago0 comments

It got growing up poor better than many others. To see all the other kids stuffing themselves with candy and to be left out of that society just because of a lack of money - that was such a great visceral scene to watch growing up.

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ArkyBeagle9y ago

But it managed that without sentiment. Dahl had such a deft touch. the book is, of course, a top level masterpiece of children's fiction. It was unashamedly pointed about moral issues in a way no other children's books I've read are.

The irony is of course that Charlie never had the resources to develop the bad habits the other children had.

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