Twits

The fiction book The Twits by Roald Dahl is about two awful people, husband and wife, who treat animals very badly, then their pet monkeys finally devise a plan to get rid of them once and for all. The main characters are Mr. and Mrs. Twit. They are the worst couple one could ever imagine. Mr. Twit has an extremly hairy face,and he never washes it. Mrs. Twit used to be a pretty woman, but she kept on thinking evil thoughts, and so her face started to change. Now they are both equally ugly, which is to say- unthinkably ugly. Every single day, the two disgusting scoundrels will play tricks on each other, with the goal of making the other suffer. The problem is how to get rid of the Twits. It all relies on Muggle-Wump, the dad of two monkey children, and the husband of a monkey wife. Will he come up with a plan so great, it could end the evilness of the Twits, once and for all? My opinion of this book is wonderful! Even though it is shorter than most books I read, it still has the trill of a plan, humor of the results, and most of all the excitement you feel when you ask the question, “Really, can it actually work?” I also like the interesting characteristics that the characters have and how they face their problems in their own unique way. Such as the Roly-Poly bird, with its lovely flying feathers, and the ingenious tricks that the Twits play on each other. I think, it is pretty impressive the author could come up with such a great plot in such a short story, and end it marvelously! -Serena

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