Man from the south book
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Transcript of Man from the south book
MAN FROM THE
SOUTH
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Roal Dahl
• a British novelist
• short story writer
• fighter pilot
• screenwriter
• he was born in Wales, 1916
• When Roald was four years old, his father died,
• At school, he was always homesick
• After school he didn´t go to the University
• He was sent to East Africa
• When the second World War
broke out, he went to Nairobi to
join the Royal Air Force
• In 1942, he went to Washington
as Assistant Air Attaché.
• In 1943, he published
his first children's book
• Patricia Neal
• divorced in 1983 and married Felicity Crosland
• Roald Dahl died in November 1990.
Hiswork
Summary• It take place in a hotel in Jamaica
Characters
South American
around 68 to 70 years old
Poor man
Very mysterious
Has cut 47 fingers and lost 11 cars
He is irrational, because what is the advantage by cutting off the finger in the bet
CARLOS
The boy•American cadet from America
who wants to be sailor
• about 19 or 20 years old
•Brave
• little arrogant
NARRATOR • A good man
•The judge of the bet
•He is only to be referee in this story.
THE ENGLISH GIRL
- has a large-boned and fair-haired- Quiet girl- The gilfriend from the boy
THE WOMAN • Small
•black haired
•Old
•Maybe the wife of the old man
• She has not all the fingers, only one finger and the thumb
• She stopped the bet