On Choice of Primary Material

This exposition will focus on Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as primary materials. Where possible and pertinent, the essay will refer to the other narratives by Dahl. Although Dahl wrote quite a handful of children’s books, my discussion will be primarily based on the above mentioned texts, firstly because as representatives of Dahl’s works, these narratives are copious in allegorical materials, and therefore ample in facilitating an introductory foray of a Marxist reading of Dahl’s works.