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Monster Essays - The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
September 13, 1916, was the day Harald and Sofie Dahl, two
Norwegian immigrants living in Wales, had their first son, a boy they named
Roald. Even before birth Roald was supposed to be endowed with great sense
of beauty, courtesy of his father. Harald Dahl, a thriving ship broker in
Cardiff, possessed a great aesthetic sense; wishing to instill this in his
children, Harald encouraged his wife to go for long walks along the most
beautiful trails in the Welsh countryside, hoping the magnificence of
nature would seep through to the brain of the unborn....
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