James And The Giant Peach Analysis

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The main character in James and the Giant Peach is James Henry Trotter. Dahl includes three elements of characterization, how a character acts, how a character look, and how others characters in the story react to this character. With how a character acts Dahl always put him as shy and quiet around his aunts but, around the insects he is witty and fun. With how a character looks he described James as a skinny young boy in the beginning of the story. With how other characters act around him he made his aunts act mean and gross to him but, the insects act nice and friendly around him. The conflict is how James had to live with his two horrible aunts because his parents got killed by a rhino.The conflict influences James by making

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