69 pages • 2 hours read
Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeMatilda
Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Explain how Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood’s personalities make them thoughtlessly cruel to their daughter.
Matilda’s practical jokes deliberately cause trouble for her parents. Suggest an example of her parents’ behavior that justifies Matilda’s acts, and explain why it does so.
What are the three main things about Matilda that Miss Honey admires? Give examples of these qualities as shown in Matilda’s actions, and explore whether those qualities increase, change, or remain stable throughout the story.
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