Comments on: Roald Dahl's Unique Take on Good v. Evil http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/06/24/roald-dahls-unique-take-on-good-v-evil/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/06/24/roald-dahls-unique-take-on-good-v-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-6671 Paul Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:20:32 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=394#comment-6671 Roland Dahl is an incredibly skilled writer and his stories have a huge appeal to children and parents alike, there are very few other authors that fire the imagination quite like Dahl. As a Christian some of the questions I would ask of the stories are:<br><br>- What do they teach?<br>- Some characters have superhuman/supernatural power are these from God?<br>- How do they portray authority figures (Parents, Pastors, Teachers, etc...)?<br><br>These are also the questions I am teaching my children to ask, to varying degrees there is a spiritual side to everything. Don't stumble blindly accepting the views and teachings of every good author but line it up against the word of God and check that it fits! Roland Dahl is an incredibly skilled writer and his stories have a huge appeal to children and parents alike, there are very few other authors that fire the imagination quite like Dahl. As a Christian some of the questions I would ask of the stories are:

- What do they teach?
- Some characters have superhuman/supernatural power are these from God?
- How do they portray authority figures (Parents, Pastors, Teachers, etc…)?

These are also the questions I am teaching my children to ask, to varying degrees there is a spiritual side to everything. Don't stumble blindly accepting the views and teachings of every good author but line it up against the word of God and check that it fits!

]]> By: isabel http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/06/24/roald-dahls-unique-take-on-good-v-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-6231 isabel Tue, 26 May 2009 23:57:46 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=394#comment-6231 I just love Roald Dahl, he was able to write in a very clever way.......and children are cruel sometimes... aren´t they? I just love Roald Dahl, he was able to write in a very clever way…….and children are cruel sometimes… aren´t they?

]]> By: isabel http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/06/24/roald-dahls-unique-take-on-good-v-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-5268 isabel Tue, 26 May 2009 18:57:46 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=394#comment-5268 I just love Roald Dahl, he was able to write in a very clever way.......and children are cruel sometimes... aren´t they? I just love Roald Dahl, he was able to write in a very clever way…….and children are cruel sometimes… aren´t they?

]]> By: Scott Ferguson http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/06/24/roald-dahls-unique-take-on-good-v-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 Scott Ferguson Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:30:04 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=394#comment-5079 Our 9 year old daughter brought home the BFG this year and we have been hooked on Dahl every since. Our 9 year old daughter brought home the BFG this year and we have been hooked on Dahl every since.

]]>