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The BFG
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The BFG Summary. As the book starts, a young girl named Sophie lies in bed in an orphanage. She can’t sleep, and sees a strange sight in the street. A giant man is walking in the street, carrying a suitcase and what looks like a trumpet. He sees Sophie, who runs to her bed and tries to hide.
A young orphan named Sophie meets the Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who is a dream-blowing giant and a vegetarian. They team up to stop the other cannibalistic giants from eating humans, and they are rewarded by the Queen of England.
A comprehensive guide to Roald Dahl's 1982 novel The BFG, about a friendly giant who kidnaps a girl and takes her to Giant Country. Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and historical context of this classic children's book.
The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 novel Danny, the Champion of the World. The book is dedicated to Dahl's oldest daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962. [1]
- Roald Dahl, Adam Quidam, Quentin Blake
- 1982
The BFG (titled onscreen as Roald Dahl's The BFG) is a 2016 fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and based on Roald Dahl's 1982 novel of the same name. The film stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill in her film debut, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader.
Summaries. An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world. Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant.
Jul 1, 2016 · It's about a London orphan who gets kidnapped by The Big Friendly Giant, or BFG (Mark Rylance, in the first motion-capture performance to equal Andy Serkis' best) and whisked away to the land of the giants. The BFG is indeed friendly—befuddled and a bit sad, but nice.
