I really love this book. It's pretty short but the story is very joyful. The BFG is a good giant, he intrigued me with his own language from the first. Sophie is a girl kidnapped from her bed and her adventure just begins when she and the BFG have to stop the ruthless giants before they devour all of human beans.

Dahl could create the book that hooked me from the beginning and the ending of this book was so delightful, I felt very happy after I finished it. I like his writing style, it captivates me to no end.




เป็นหนังสือที่น่ารักเบาสมองเล่มหนึ่ง การดำเนินเรื่องและภาษาที่ใช้มีเอกลักษณ์และจุดเด่นเหล่านี้ทำให้หนังสือสามารถคงความคลาสสิคเอาไว้ได้ถึงแม้เวลาจะผ่านไปหลายปี เจ้ายักษ์ BFG ออกมาสร้างสีสันตลอดทั้งเรื่องจนทำให้อ่านไปอมยิ้มไป ส่วนโซฟีก็พรีเซนต์ตัวละครที่อยู่ในช่วงวัยเด็กออกมาได้อย่างเหมาะสม สไตล์การเล่าเรื่องมีความคมที่เป็นเสน่ห์ของนิยาย ไม่แปลกใจเลยที่ The BFG สามารถเข้าถึงได้ทุกช่วงวัยแบบนี้ อ่านแล้วปลื้มมาก ที่นิยายเด็กธรรมดาๆ สามารถสร้างออกมาให้ดูมีมนต์ขลังมากๆขนาดนี้

ในคืนหนึ่ง โซฟีถูกยักษ์จับตัวไปจากห้องนอนของเธอ และนั่นทำให้เธอได้รู้จักกับยักษ์ใจดีที่ไม่กินคนอย่าง BFG เขาเป็นยักษ์ที่ตัวเล็กเมื่อเทียบกับเพื่อนยักษ์ตัวอื่นๆ และนอกจากนี้แล้วภาษาที่เขาใช้คุยกับโซฟีก็ยังดูแปลกประหลาดอีกด้วย BFG เป็นยักษ์ที่ทำหน้าที่สร้างฝันดีให้แก่เหล่าเด็กๆ แต่ก็มักจะโดนเพื่อนยักษ์ด้วยกันกลั่นแกล้งอยู่เสมอ

เมื่อเพื่อนยักษ์ของ BFG วางแผนที่จะจับเด็กๆในโรงเรียนกิน โซฟีและ BFG จึงหาทางช่วย พวกเขาได้เดินทางไปหาราชินีแห่งอังกฤษและ BFG ได้สร้างความฝันให้แก่นาง เพื่อที่นางจะเชื่อพวกเขา ราชินีตื่นมาเจอกับโซฟีและเชื่อเรื่องเล่าเกี่ยวกับยักษ์ทั้งหมดที่เด็กน้อยเล่าให้ฟัง ราชินีจึงส่งกองกำลังรบออกไปโดยมี BFG นำทางเพื่อไปจับเหล่ายักษ์กินคนมาขังไว้ในหลุมจนได้

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I loved the BFG as a kid and I still do. Roald Dahl is one of my favourite children authors of all time because he always managed to transport me to another world. The main character a young girl who loves to read, so you instantly feel a connected to her, and who doesn't love the Big Friendly Giant.

This is a story of great friendship no matter how different we are the a story the underdogs and adventure.

"A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?"

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

"Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right."

Plus the silliness it wouldn't be a Roald Dahl without the silliness.

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Late night, you can’t sleep. Moonlight hits your eyes so you get up to close the curtains. What do you see? Probably nothing, you just close the curtains and return to bed. That’s not the case for Sophie. She saw something, she saw him
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When the giant grubs her with his big arms she’s certain that he will eat her. She was wrong, not that giants don’t eat kids it’s just that this giant doesn’t eat kids or humans in general. Because this giant, this giant is the BFG (Big friendly giant). He takes her to his home and although he is a very nice guy he can’t let her go because he is afraid that she will tell everybody that giants exist and people will hunt them. However he protects her from the other 9 man eating giants.

When Sophie tells the Bfg that they must stop the other giants from eating people he sais that this can’t be done. Weird right? I mean he is a good guy why wont he help? The answer is simple, not only there are 9 of them, their all are twice the size of him.

What Sophie and the Bfg will do? They…. Come on, im not going to tell you, read it

This year I'm doing a Reading Challenge; so I have 26 books with specific subjects that I need to read.
Book 1: A Book you read in School

What a trip down memory lane this was!
I remember this book as my introduction to Roald Dahl. I loved every second of Sophie's magical adventure with the BFG and I've wanted to revisit this book for so long now that it seemed more than appropriate to pick it for my challenge.



As an adult I'm not quite so taken by it as I was as a 13 year old; but it was still fun.
The BFG with his own language got to me at stages; and I distinctly remember loving it as a kid.


But I do still like how important matters, like killing and human brutality is brought to light.
  
And how difficult it is for us to believe


My Favorite Quote (after all these years):

Dreams is full of mystery and magic

Roald Dahl is probably the only author I read more than once. This is how much I enjoyed him. The BFG was the first book I read by the author and I thought it was so different than any other children books that I had read until then. Actually, I think it was the first children book a truly liked. I reread it more than 10 times and I loved it more with every re-read.

The BGF
Roald Dahl
Jennifer Pierpoint


The BFG, famously written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake is a fictional fantasy story about a young girl who finds friendship in an unexpected place. It is a prime example of the way in which a simple story can engage the imagination of the younger reader. Visual and linguistic stimuli can be used to great effect, in this case to give the characters personalities that children can easily relate to. The use of language also effectively and inventively describes the setting or the story in a fast-moving and fantastical landscape. The feeling of isolation and loneliness experienced by both Sophie and the BFG and this draws them both together. The idea of innocence and compassion portrayed by Sophie and the BFG wining out against ignorance and cruelty (portrayed by the other giants and on occasion some of the human adults) is an important part of the development of a child’s understanding of morality.
The BFG’s character develops throughout the story with a different characteristic evinced each time we encounter him. For example, compassion and sympathy on the BFG’s part are shown when Sophie tells him about the orphanage she lives in. Humility is shown when Sophie keeps correcting his grammar. Humour is also provided to give the giant a sense of warmth. All these characteristics have the effect of making the character of the BFG as likeable as possible so that children also befriend him. Roald Dahl effectively turns the idea of a traditional monster on its head. The rest of the giant race reflects the base and animalistic side of human nature. They are presented as antagonistic and totally opposed to the BFG’s altruistic nature. The names of the large giants in the book are aptronym’s. For example names such as ‘Bonecruncher’ and ‘Blood bottler’ allow the child to easily imagine and understand their role within the story and to provide a stark contrast to the character of the BFG. These names add an element of fear and excitement to the child’s experience. The two extremes allow for the idea of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, ‘right’ and wrong’ to become polarised. These themes are often explored in day-to-day lesson planning and behavioural management in a current multi-cultural curriculum.
The description of the giants’ appearance deepens the dichotomy between themselves and the BFG. There is powerful use of exaggeration throughout the story. For example when describing the ‘Bloodbottler’, his finger is described as large as a ‘tree trunk’. The use of similes, alliteration and onomatopoeia throughout the novel gives the child a way of understanding the text so they can really immerse themselves in the book. Adults are depicted in the book as typical for their social status. The military general for example is portrayed as a stereotypical, overbearing and a ruthless military commander. The language that the commander uses such as ‘shoot ‘em on the spot, that’s what I say” is an example of this stereotypical portrayal found in the book.
The first sentences in each chapter are often simple statements which provide immediate access into the scene/story. For example the first sentence ‘Sophie couldn’t sleep’ not only introduces the character but also provokes a series of questions about the scene presented. This plays to the inquisitive nature of children. Chapters are short which allows the book to be read in manageable portions and the illustrations break up the text on alternate pages. These structures accommodate a child’s attention span.
Throughout the book there is continual use of descriptive and original language. ‘Giant land’ is described as a desolate wasteland with large blue rocks and dead trees. The description gives the child a real sense of ‘Giant world’ being a true fantasy world and promotes and encourages the child to use their own imagination. The description and portrayal of a fantasy world is intensified by the presence of characters such as the Queen that create a sense of surrealism and wonder in the human world. She also provides the maternal comfort that Sophie has not fully experienced. Adjectives and adverbs also help the action within the scenes to develop in an exciting and energetic way. When the BFG goes from the human world to the ‘giant world’ attention is paid to the speed in which he runs. His speed is emphasised by the repeated image created of the ground becoming blurred and Sophie’s reaction to it. (Sophie is our eyes and ears-what we expect to experience is shown by her response).
tA young reader would enjoy this novel as it engages with and stimulates all the senses in an exciting way and endures in a child’s memory as an eccentric, fun and yet morally instructive journey. On my part, it was a delight to return to this well-loved story.
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Every year I plan to write a blog post to celebrate Roald Dahl Day and every year time runs away with me and I somehow end up missing it. But this year we're celebrating 100 years since his birth so I guess that makes it a perfect time to talk about how much Roald Dahl's books meant to me as a child.

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I used to reread all of his books over and over again but The BFG was always my favourite, I just loved everything about it from the friendship that forms between Sophie and the BFG, to the adventures they have together along with all of the crazy new words you discover along the way. Don't you just think that we should use words like scrumdiddlyumptious, gobblefunking and whiffswiddle in every day conversation? Not to mention the fact that I'm still waiting for someone to invent a real life version of frobscottle so I can practise my whizzpopping LOL.

The BFG is just the ultimate adventure story, I loved the idea of dreams being real things that you could capture and I desperately wanted to visit the land of dreams so I could find my own. I wanted a giant friend who could run so fast with me hiding in their pocket that it felt like I was flying and I even wanted to have breakfast with the Queen. Roald Dahl's stories always have a darker side to them and the giants terrified me but you get to see justice served in the end which was incredibly satisfying.

I still have my original copy of this book from 1985 and it's one of my most treasured and reread books. The illustrations by Quentin Blake compliment the story perfectly and make it something to be treasured.

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My brother was never much of a reader (I'm pretty convinced he must be a changeling because surely we can't be related! LOL) but he absolutely adored the animated version of The BFG and would make us watch it over and over again. I think I've probably seen this adaptation of the story even more times than I've read the book and I have to say it's pretty perfect. It completely captures the feel of the story with it's laugh out loud humour but also the more heartwarming moments between Sophie and the BFG as well as the fearsome man eating giants to add tension. I love the music too and can remember singing along with my brother when he we were kids.

This animation may have been created in 1989 but it's still utterly brilliant and when we watched it with my 12 year old nephew a few months ago he loved it just as much as we did.

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Being such a huge fan of the story I had incredibly high hopes for the new Disney version directed by Steven Spielberg. We made a family outing of it a few weeks ago and I think my Dad, brother and I were probably even more excited than my nephew was. There is no denying that the visual effects in the new movie are stunning, the land of dreams in particular was spectacular and the giants looked impressive.

The opening scene where Sophie first sees the BFG and the way he manages to sneak down the streets and avoid being spotted by anyone else was very cleverly done. The young actress who played Sophie did a brilliant job and there was one moment in particular that made me laugh so hard I had tears rolling down my face. I wasn't the only one either and pretty much the entire audience was laughing hysterically.

Unfortunately even though there were things I loved about the movie it didn't manage to live up to expectations and we all agreed that the animated version that is nearly 30 years old was better. The new movie stays pretty faithful to the book but it managed to be boring in spite of that, there were actually times when I was just wishing it was over so we could leave the cinema and no matter how good the graphics were or how humourous those few stand out moments were it just didn't make up for the poor pacing.

The new movie may have been a slight disappointment but that hasn't decreased my love of The BFG. I have so many happy childhood memories wrapped up in reading Roald Dahl stories and it's easy to see why they're still so popular today.
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Found my original copy from 1985! I can't even tell you how many times I've read this book, it's got to be well into double figures though :-)

Entertaining little story. I know I am not the intended audience at this point in my life, but it takes me back to when I was a kid and read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and Danny Champion of the World. I used to really enjoy Dahl's books and it has been a long time since I have read one.

This one was less story and more silly wordplay and fantasy. Towards the end it gets into a storyline, but at least the first half is mainly just a conversation between the BFG and Sophie. It is fun, but gets a bit repetitive.

Also, I noticed that there was quite a lot of violence and racial stereotyping that would probably be controversial in a children's book by today's standards. This is just an observation, not me being the book police!

All that aside - it was silly, it was fun, it was a romp through the imagination. I definitely enjoyed this little fantastical getaway, even if it isn't my favorite Dahl book.

The vernacular used in this book is genius.

After Sophie, an 8 year old orphan, spots a giant peering into the neighbor's window her world is changed forever. He takes her with him so she won't tell anyone about him. Lucky for her he is a friendly giant (the other 9 all eat human beans). Because he is a runt of a giant (the others are twice his size) and he refuses to feast on human beans, he gets picked on by his fellow giants. To keep Sophie safe and save other children who may be feasted upon the BFG and Sophie devise a plan featuring the queen of England to stop the bad giants.

Such a sweet book ! I totally loved it!