How Does Roald Dahl's Life Affected His Works

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Would you have thought that a little boy who was bad at spelling and not the best student would make a career of being a world renowned children’s author? Roald Dahl, a Norwegian born writer, is that little boy. Dahl, who grew up and lived in Europe, had a tragedy stricken life. These tragedies had a big effect on some of his books. In a children’s book, Danny the Champion of the World, one tragedy, a parent dying young, is introduced. Overall, the events in Dahl’s life greatly affected the style of his writing.
Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 and he was named after a famous explorer from his hometown of Norway. Roald Dahl was born to Sofie and Harold Dahl in South Wales. Dahl was, “the apple”, because he was his mother’s favorite out of all six of her children. Sadly, his sister died at seven because of a rare case of appendicitis that is not specified and because of this, his broken hearted father also dies. As you can see, Roald’s father’s death had a big impact on the book, Danny the Champion of the World.
When young Roald started to go to school, he did not like it that …show more content…

Dahl married an American actress, Patricia Neal in 1953 and had five kids, Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia, and Lucy. Sadly, three month old Theo was struck by a cab and ran very high fevers in the hospital. Roald’s eldest daughter, Olivia died at seven because of a rare case of measles. Roald was heartbroken and scared because his father died of heartbreak when his daughter was seven. A couple years later, a tragedy strikes again, his wife has a stroke and Roald helps her get better. Roald was also a struggling writer and he couldn't get his act together. Eventually, Roald started to get jobs writing for magazines and put sixteen stories together to publish a book. Even with many tragedies going on in Dahl’s life, he still started his writing

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