January 5, 2015

Roald Dahl was an author born in 1916 from the United Kingdoms. He graduated from Repton in 1932 and went on an expedition to Newfoundland. Then, he had taken on job with the Shell Oil Company in Tanzania. In order to receive more adventure in his life he joined the Royal Air Force. After training in Kenya he became a World War II fighter pilot. Dahl was involved in a plane crash while serving in the Mediterranean in Egypt. Author c.s. Forester encouraged Dahl to become an writer while in Washington D.C. Dahl published his first short story in the Saturday Evening Post. He also continued writing stories and articles for other magazines like The New Yorker. He wrote The Gremlins for Walt Disney in 1942. Dahl first established himself as a children's writer in 1971, when he published the book James and the Giant Peach. Dahl claimed he was only trying to appeal to his audience of children with their cruder sense of humor. Although, many parents were upset of the portrayal that was made of children's harsh revenge on adult wrongdoers