Exercise 1 The twits

Book: “The twits” by Roald Dahl

1-Sentence Summary: Mr and mr Twit, the evil couple who got their retribution.

Key Character: Mr and mrs Twit.

 Mr and mrs twit Character Bio.

Mr Twit	Mrs Twit
A hairy-faced Man	Did not grow up ugly but because of her ugly thoughts, she grew uglier as each day passed.
Feels that his hairiness makes him look wise and grand	Right hand > Walking Stick.
Was a Twit	Evil woman who used a walking stick for hitting dogs and children.
Unhygienic, wipes stains on his beard off with the back of his hand or on his sleeves.	Has a Glass eye, which looks another way.
Never gets hungry	Has an itchy tummy.
Evil Man, Plays prank and kills animals. Plays Pranks on his wife to get back at her.	Evil Woman who plays tricks on her husband to get back at him.

500 words: “The Twits”

Mr and Mrs twit are easily recognized as the main character in the story because the story revolves around their pranks and wicked heart.

Mr and mrs twit are two evil married couple who play pranks on each other and do evil things. They are crucial to the story because without them and their evil pranks, this story can never be told as it revolves around their lives and how the poor animals that they had ‘tortured’ do them in. Also, without mr and mrs twit, we will not have this exciting story of how the animals manage to get their revenge on this wicked couple.

The author is very successful in telling the story with this two character. He had shown the evil part of them and their pranks, so evil that when I read it, I wished they had a bad ending, which they did in the end. Also, apart from showing the evil in them and their pranks, the author made a great ending which punished Mr and mrs twit in a great way that I believe they will never forget because even if they did want to, they couldn't because they disappeared into nothingness.

For example, Mr twit is evil and disgusting because he had thick beard and food, sauce and gravy in it which he eats when he is hungry and thinks that having beard as thick as his is a very grand and wise. The prank that he plays on his wife, mrs twit, were disgusting in its own ways. Mrs twit was no better because she had a walking stick not because she couldn't walk properly but because she wanted to use it for hitting children and dogs. Another example of how evil the twits are is that they would have bird pie every week. The method they used was evil. They would put glue on a tree and wait for birds to sit on the tree and when the birds starved and died because they were trapped, the twits would cook them and bake them into pies.

Not only that, apart from the pranks they did, the twits was cruel beings because they treated the monkey cruelly. The monkeys were forced to stand upside down for hours just for the interest of watching them suffer. This brought out the evil side of people that could be in real life.

The author did a great job in making the pranks as evil as possible because this brought out the character’s evil and wicked nature that makes the audience hate them and feel disgusted about their pranks and behavior. The thing that is really successful is when the animals gathered together to punish the twits for treating them in a cruel manner. The author had done a great and successful thing when he made the twit disappear to nothingness and thus setting free the animals. The ending will make people jump for joy and thus making the story successful.