Excerpt Of Going Solo Analysis

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Within the book of "Excerpt of Going Solo" the main character Roald Doahl meets many odd and silly people. For instance some include people such as Major Griffiths, Miss Trefusis , Mdisho, U.N Savory,etc. However today I will be talking about Mdisho and Miss Trefusis specifally and on the topic of the ideas Roald conveyed about both of these characters Throughout the story of Going Solo Roald meets a warrior from the Mwanumwezi tribe known as Mdisho. Mdisho has many different traits exclusive to him within the story. For instance, some ideas that Roald conveyed about Midsho was how violent and brave he was. For instance within the text It states " With one blow it cut through his neck so deeply that his whole head fell forward and dangled …show more content…

Miss Trefusis was very dotty for many reasons. For one within the story of "Going Solo," Roald runs into Miss Trefusis who was an elderly old woman who quite often sat at the dining room table. Roald found her dotty because she would eat an orange or really anything without her fingers and instead use utensils to eat everything including things that are meant to be peeled or eating with your hand. She found that finger and toes were revolting and disgusting. For instance, it even states "She was eating an orange at the time" and "In the first place she had speared it from the fruit bowl with her fork instead of taking it in her fingers." This piece of piece of evidence proves that she was a very dotty or crazy person. Another way Dahl finds that she is crazy is because her hate towards fingers and toes it even states in sentences 3 to 5 on paragraph 64 in the Voyage Out Chapter "Fingers are foul and filthy, but toes! Toes are reptilian and viperish!". This proves that her opinions on fingers and toes are correct as it corresponds with the evidence given. Although she is crazy there is many similarities and differences between Miss Trefusis and Mdisho. For one something different is their specific traits. You see Mdisho has things such as confidence, violence, leadership, etc. However, on the other hand, Miss Trefusis has traits such as crazy, weird, interesting, etc. The two characters both share the fact they are people with their own individual mindsets. They also are represented in different locations, for instance, Miss Trefusis is present aboard the SS Mantola ship while Mdisho, on the other hand, is in a handful of different locations mainly being with

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