If you're planning to read classic books but are having a hard time understanding them then you should try Children's classics. They are easy to read and full of humour. One such read is 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl.
The book starts with some really humorous illustrations about the type of parents and their kids. After this, their is a start of a story of a little girl Matilda Wormwood who is nearly 5 years old and lives with her parents and brother in a lavish house. She is an exceptionally talented girl who loves reading books. While the children of her age juggle with simple arithematics and other maths problems, she solves all the complex calculations without pen or paper. She enroles her name in a local library and starts reading children book under the watchfull eye of the librarian. Soon she raises her level and reads varied range of classic books of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and many more. She also takes some of her books in home to read them. Despite her brilliance, her parents treat her poorly. Time and again she is asked to shut her mouth whenever she voices her opinion. Besides, her mother believes that girls are supposed to focus on good looks so that they are married with a rich and handsome men without any hardwork and she tells Matilda to do the same. In return, she plays pranks on her father like pouring a superglue in his favourite hat and much more which makes this book a lot more enjoyable.
After a while, she gets admission in a Children's school where she meets her favourite teacher Ms. Honey. She is a kindhearted and a gentlewoman. After learning about her talent, she gives her to read some higher class books on algebra, geometry,etc. and encourages her to read them. She also tries many ways to send her into higher class by trying to pursue her parents and the principal of the school Ms.Trunchbull but everything goes in vain. Meanwhile, Ms. Trunchbull who hates kids and never misses a chance to punish them, is told by the parents of the girl that Matilda is an arrogant and mischievous girl. She also gives a hard time to Matilda. Time and again she gets angry and soon realises that she has a supernatural power and can move the objects at her will.
Things continue to go on like this. But one day Ms. Honey takes Matilda to her house. Matilda is surprised to see the condition of the house which is very small and deprived of any facilities. She tooks pity on the poor condition of her teacher and asks how come she is this much poor even after being paid by the school. The teacher discloses her past and tells Matilda that Ms. Trunchbull is her aunt and that she has taken all her property and gives her no salary. She manages herself by a negligible amount of money that she has. On learning this, Matilda becomes furious and decides to get Ms. Honey rid of her aunt and return her property. She accomplishes the task by using her power to make objects move.
After a while, Matilda finds out that they are shifting to another country because her father gets caught in an illegal business. She becomes sad and decides not to go with her parents and live with Ms. Honey. She hurriedly goes to the teacher's house and tells her the whole story. She then asks her if she can live with her. Ms. Honey agrees but tells her that if her parents doesn't allow her to live with her then she won't be able to do anything. Matilda than pursues her parents about the same and they finally agree to leave Matilda with her teacher.
Nevertheless Matilda is an adorable character and hard to hate. Do read this book and explore the little world of Matilda!!!
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