Metilda-Synopsis
The parents of Matilda Wormwood care little about her, even though she shows strong signs of being a genius in the making, and they encourage her to watch television instead of reading books, which she prefers. Matilda instead goes to the library and amasses a great deal of knowledge, so that when she starts school, she is miles ahead of everyone else. Her friendly teacher, Miss Honey, appeals to have Matilda moved up, but the evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, refuses.
The Trunchbull, as she is known, is a vicious monster. She keeps children in a horrific torture device called The Chokey or swings them through the air, often without any evidence they have actually committed a crime or simply because she does not like them. The Trunchbull's treatment of her students is nothing short of child abuse and she seems to believe intimidation is the best method of teaching. She says her idea of a perfect school would be "one in which there were no students at all."
Meanwhile, Matilda discovers she has telekinetic powers, a secret which she confides only to Miss Honey. She learns this when her best friend, Lavender puts a newt in Miss Trunchbull's water, and when the Trunchbull blames Matilda for it, Matilda gets so mad she tips the glass over with her eyes. Miss Honey is very curious about Matilda's powers and she takes Matilda to her home, a tiny cottage, where Matilda discovers Miss Honey is extremely poor. Matilda asks why, and Miss Honey explains how, after her father's death, she was left in the care of his sister-in-law, Miss Honey's aunt. Miss Honey's aunt was a demon and made Miss Honey her slave.
Miss Honey's aunt demanded to be paid back for feeding and clothing her niece. Miss Honey was so terrified of her that she agreed. Miss Honey pays her aunt so much that now she lives on the fringe. Matilda asks who the aunt is and Miss Honey reveals that it is none other than Miss Trunchbull. With this information, Matilda formulates a plan as to how she get rid of the Trunchbull for good.
When the Trunchbull investigates Miss Honey's class, Matilda uses her powers to write on the blackboard. She pretends to be Miss Honey's father's spirit writing and demands that Miss Trunchbull give Miss Honey her wages and her father's house. At the sight of seeing this being written as though by an invisible hand, Miss Trunchbull faints.
The day following the chalkboard incident, Miss Trunchbull disappears, abandoning her brother-in-law's house. Also, his will turns up, and it is discovered that Miss Honey is the rightful heir to his property. Thereafter, Miss Honey moves into her father's house and, with the Trunchbull gone, Matilda is moved into the top form. Matilda loses her powers. Miss Honey believes this is because Matilda's brain now has to work harder, with her competing against children twice her age.
Meanwhile, the law catches up with Matilda's father, who has been selling stolen cars. He decides to move the whole family to Spain, but Matilda asks them to let her remain with Miss Honey. They agree, as it is less of a bother, and drive away forever
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THEME
Adult-child relationship
- A brilliant girl is surrounded by lots of miserable adults and manages to survive on.
Characters and characteristic
Matilda
- Genius 3 years old girl. –love reading books
-Curious and well-mannered -has psychic power.
Mr. Mrs. Wormwood
-idiotically stupid -cruel, liar and negative-minded
-people who fooled by traditions
Mr. Honey
-Matilda’s homeroom teacher -kind but poor
-Threatened negatively by her stepmother -cares and loves children
Mrs. Trunchbull
-Headmistress of Mathilda’s school -heartless and cruel
-egoist and stupid-minded -Stepmother to Miss Honey
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Moral Values
Good businessmen must not trick their customer.
We should let children growth and guide them.
We have to be honest
We have to love reading books
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Settings
Matilda’s house -place where Matilda read and left home alone by his family.
Library -Matilda escapes from home and go read books at this place. She learned
borrowing books.
School -Matilda meets Lavender and all her miserable moments with Mrs. Trunchbull happen here.
Miss Honey’s cottage -Where Matilda learned about Miss Honey’s sad history.
Red-brick house -A bungalow that have been take away from Miss Honey. At the end, this bungalow is a home for Matilda and her stepmother, Miss Honey.
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Plot
Matilda is a genius little girl. She likes to read books but does not encourage by her parents. She often escapes to library to read books. Her father is a car cheat dealer. Matilda often gets angry with his father and trickily threatened his father with genius plans.
Matilda is genius and wanted so bad to go to school. His father doesn’t realize her age and make her late for school. As a business deal, she has been sent to a school with a worse headmistress ever. The headmistress is Mrs. Trunchbull who likes throwing pupils away from windows. Only Matilda’s homeroom’s teacher, Miss Honey realizes her ability.
Miss Honey do visit Matilda’s parents but being turned down by them as they stupidly belief that girl should find a good husband, instead of knowledge. Realizing only she herself is the one who can manage the girl’s future, she do whatever its take to give Matilda knowledge. She also let Matilda read advanced book while in her class.
During special class with Mrs. Truncbull, Matilda got screwed up and learn her first psychic ability. She can lift object with only her eyes! Mathilda tell Miss Honey about her ability and make her realize the child’s power. She soon ask Mathilda to join her at her cottage where Mathilda soon realize her teacher’s true history; an orphanage who are threatened by her stepmother; Mrs. Trunchbull.
Mathilda quickly make a plan to revise the situation and return home to practice her ability perfectly. During the next special class, Mathilda successfully make her headmistress afraid and sorry. She soon return a big red bungalow that she took away from Misss Honey and left; never seen after.
While Mathilda’s parent are in police’s list for selling stolen cars and they decided to run to Spain. Mathilda insists to join them and live with her teacher, Miss Honey at the bungalow.
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Personal response
The event I have chosen is when Mathilda tricked her father by gluing his hat. The hat stick permanently to her father’s head. This is indeed, wrong action from a daughter but still, a better way in reality.
For me, it is serve Mr. Wormwood’s right to face this because he does not even trying to hear and listen to her daughter, who actually way better than his lovely son. For me, having a genius daughter like Mathilda is a lucky enough. And yet, he still waste the luck. I’d never do this for sure.
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