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by Roald Dahl. Buy Study Guide. 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.
Plot Summary. The BFG opens with Sophie, an eight-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage in an English village, looking out into the street from her bed in her dormitory. At first the street is quiet and deserted, but then she sees a huge man slinking along, hiding in the shadows. Sophie watches the person approach.
The BFG is a novel by Roald Dahl in which a young orphan named Sophie meets the Big Friendly Giant one night when she can't sleep. Sophie is unable to sleep one night, and she encounters...
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 had died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962.
Brief Synopsis. "The BFG" is set in England and introduces the reader to the orphanage where Sophie resides. One night, Sophie encounters the BFG, who takes her to Giant Country. There, she learns about the other not-so-friendly giants and their habit of kidnapping and eating human children.
The BFG is hungry, so he eats some of a bumpy, spiky vegetable called a snozzcumber. The BFG is not a snozzcumber fan, but it’s the only vegetable that grows in Giant Country, and he doesn’t believe in stealing food from humans. Sophie tries a piece of snozzcumber, too. And spits it right back out.
Nov 1, 1982 · The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl. The start of the book begins with an eight-year-old orphan girl named Sophie lying in bed in an orphanage run by Mrs. Clonkers.
