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Name: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of publishing: 1996.1997

Page: four chapters (176)

The four chapters I read were: Lavender, The Weekly Test, The first Miracle and The Second Miracle.

Lavender is one of Matilda's friends who also has a scheming mind. In the chapter Lavender, she made a mischievous trick on the headmistress. She put a newt into Mrs. Trunchball's jug. And at next chapter, Mrs. Trunchball came to Mrs. Honey' class to check the effect of teaching. The headmistress use violent ways to teach. Whenever students say wrong answers, she would do corporal punishment on them such as standing in the corner on one leg with face to the wall. Although Mrs. Honey had tried to stop her, she still adhered obstinately to error.

After humiliating the students, Mrs. Trunchball finally decided to drink water to release her throat. She quickly scared of the newt in the jug. As a matter of course, she flew into a rage and she thought it must done by Matilda because Matilda's dad had spoke ill of his daughter to her. No matter what Matilda explained, the headmistress didn't want to hear about it. Matilda was so angry that a miracle happened. She made the glass of water spilling all over Miss Trunchball with her eyes! At the beginning she didn't believe it, either. She thought that she must discuss with grow-ups about this extraordinary thing then she found Miss Honey.

The Second Miracle is talking about the relationship between Matilda and Miss Honey. Miss Honey chose to believe Matilda's power and then they were even closer to each other. It is happy to see that such an attractive girl who was found out one person that really cherished her.

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