Sleep and Dreams
The BFG begins during the Witching Hour, a time in the middle of the night when humans are supposed to be asleep. That’s the time when “all the dark things came out from hiding and had the worl...
Food
In The BFG, food is used as either a prize or a punishment.The major problem the BFG has (besides his dismay that his fellow giants eat people) is that he has nothing good to eat. On top of being a...
Our Relative Smallness
You can’t have a story about giants without size gags. Readers need to imagine what it looks like when a person and a giant become friends, and boy, does Roald Dahl deliver. During her time in Gi...
Clothing
Pay attention to the clothes in this book. They aren’t just for decoration. Clothes in The BFG tell you something about each character, usually about their status or class. Take the giants, for e...