Post A Week 3

Vocab:
Disentangled:(103)
1. to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate

Depressed: (105)
1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
2. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
3. lowered in force, amount, etc.
4. undergoing economic hardship, esp. poverty and unemployment.
5. being or measured below the standard or norm.

Appeals:
'Proceeding at no more than four miles an hour all the way, we finally made it to Dr Dunbars house. I was hustled out of the car and in through front door with my mother still holdingthe bloodstained hankerchief firmly over my wobbling nose.
"Good Heavens!" cried Dr Dunbar. "It's been cut clean off!"'(105) This has exciting appeals because having some one's nose almost fall off might be a tad bit exhilerating.

'They were tough those masters, make no kistake about it, and if you wanted to survive, you had to be prettytough yourself.' (113) This has humourus and sad emotional appeals. It is humorous because it is a ten year old child talking about being tough so that he can survive, but it is also very sad because this situation is reality for all of the boys that attended these schools.

'These were word of doom. A Stripe!... All around the room I could hear murmers of sympathyfrom every boy in school.'
This has emoional appeals. Raold had run out of ink and asked his nieghbor for some. He got caught and got in huge trouble.

Sig Quote:
"Having no nib, I was unable to write another word about 'The Life Story Of A Penny', but I was able to finish it the next afternoon instead of playing games." (118) This quote is significant because it is when Raold Dahl began to like to write stories.

Themes: The main theme of this memoir is the triumphs and tribulations of Roald Dahls' childhood.