Summary of The Wish & Analysis [NEB English]

Summary of The Wish & Analysis [NEB English]

Introduction The story 'The Wish' is about a young boy and his imaginative game of carpet. He fantasies that his carpet is alive with snakes and fire. Using imagery and metaphor, Dahl uses the character of a curiously imaginative young boy to help us reflect on the delicacy of our childhood innocence. This story goes inside the mind of a young child to explore his imagination. This is about a young boy who had a frightening event in his childhood. The Wish Summary The story ‘The Wish’ has been written by a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter Roald Dahl. The main character of the story is a child. It is about the imagination of the main character. Using imagery and metaphor, Dahl uses the character of a curiously imaginative young boy to help us reflect on the delicacy of our childhood innocence. In the beginning, we find a boy who is unnamed. He is looking at his kneecap’s scab. It is an old cut and its scab is brown. He examines around the edges of the scab, pu…