Wormwood, is the secondary antagonist in roald dahls book matilda and its popular 1996 film adaptation. It makes her sad that her husband looks silly, and thats about the deepest thought she has in the book, but matilda never targets her by herself. Instead, he loves to tell his son michael and matilda if she happens to be listening, how it is easy to cheat your customers when you are a used car salesman like he is. The thought of reading a book frightens mr wormwood and he really doesnt understand why matilda loves reading.
Her father was a dealer in secondhand cars and it seemed he did pretty well at it. Matilda kindle edition by dahl, roald, blake, quentin. Peter is obsessed about losing weight 1080p duration. Unfortunately her parents are too stupid to even notice.
He is a neglectful father who hates books and is an extremely. All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. Shes more concerned about looks than getting an education. A boy is thrown out of a classroom window for eating licorice in the novel. He lists how many cars he sold that day, stating both the price he bought them for and the price he sold them for, and asks his. Wormwood teaches michael the tricks to making a lemon look better. Matilda wormwood is the main protagonist of the novel, film, and musical versions of matilda. Wormwood, the great car dealer extract from matilda, roald dahl matildas parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a diningroom and a livingroom and a kitchen. For the book, matilda plays three tricks on her parents. Look, miss snit, a girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent.
He is the secondary antagonist of the novel and the film. With book by dennis kelly and original songs by tim minchin, matilda has won 47 international awards including five tony awards. Wormwood asks matildas brother to fetch a pad and paper to add up some figures, since he will be joining his fathers car sales business when he is older and will need to know these things. Harry was a used car salesman and the owner of wormwood motors, which sold used cars for. He is the owner of wormwood motors, the husband of zinnia wormwood and the father of matilda and michael wormwood. Harry wormwood sony pictures entertaiment wiki fandom.
Wormwood add to the oil in a cars gear box to make. Mr wormwood, the great car dealer matildas parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a diningroom and a livingroom and a kitchen. Wormwood is matildas father, and a secondary antagonist of the story. Mr wormwood husband to mrs wormwood and father of michael and matilda is a secondhand car salesman who likes to swindle his customers. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts. Wormwood is matildas father, and he is obviously not the positive role model a father should be. Mr wormwood absolutely loves watching telly and he believes its the best form of education. What did matilda usually drink while she read library books in her room.
Matilda by roald dahl, quentin blake nook book ebook. In this chapter, the reader is given additional insight about matildas parents and their character. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Wormwood who ends up with a hat stuck to his head, and mr.
As a secondhand car salesman, he only sells used cars, which gives him the opportunity to mess with each one, and lie. Wormwood rips up matildas library copy of the red pony. Matilda wormwood, also known by her adoptive name matilda honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 childrens novel matilda by roald dahl. It starred mara wilson as matilda, and was directed by danny devito, who also portrayed mr. Wormwood, is michaels father and one of the main antagonists of the book and movie, matilda the other being agatha trunchbull, michael wormwood, and zinnia wormwood. The characters from matildas vile and despicable parents, mr and mrs wormwood, and her villainous headmistress, the terrifying miss trunchbull, to the gloriously sweetnatured miss honey and matilda are as representative of the good and the bad as any of dahls creations. In both matilda the book and the matilda movie, matilda befriends the local librarian as her love of reading grows. She discovers she has psychokinetic powers which she uses to. Matilda the musical revels in the anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dreams of a better life.
Wormwood, whos so vivid and slimy, is to let the narrator do it himself. The appalling broad orangeandgreen check of the jacket and trousers almost blinded the onlooker. He is even quoted as saying, no one ever got rich being. Matilda was adapted for the screen in 1996, with danny devito playing the role of harry wormwood. Wormwood cant be bothered to give her the time of day. Matilda, miss honey, miss trunchbull, mr and mrs wormwood, and michael. Her greatest gift is her genius intelligence, and she also has telekinetic powers. Mr wormwood appears in roald dahls matilda, since adapted into a film 1996 and a musical 2010. Matildas parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a diningroom and a livingroom and a kitchen.
Wormwood could not shower or sleep properly with the hat stuck on his head. Mrs wormwood is nice but stupid and mr wormwood is mean and a liar. Study guide comparing and contrasting matilda the book vs. He was portrayed by danny devito, who also directed and narrated the film. Worse, her horrible headmistress miss trunchbull is a bully who makes life difficult for matildas teacher, miss honey, and her friends. Her parents do not recognize her great intelligence and show little interest in her, particularly her father, a secondhand car dealer who has performed numerous verbally abusive actions on her. In both versions, she is the younger child of narcisstic parents, harry and zinnia wormwood, who have an older son named michael, who is also mean. Wormwood also thinks hes the most important person in the family, so he likes to make a grand entrance every now and then. Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. The rscs 2010 matilda the musical, featuring words and music by tim minchin and book by dennis kelly, includes a solo piece by mr wormwood all about his main love. All you need to know in life can be learnt from telly. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading matilda. What was the worst part of having the hat glued to his headfor mr. In both versions, she is the daughter of harry and zinnia wormwood, who treat her abusively and ignore her intellectual gifts.
She is a highly precocious six and a half year old girl who has a passion for reading books. In roald dahls matilda, matildas father is not exactly a picture of good parenting. How did matilda react after her father destroyed her book. Wormwood is portrayed as a dishonest salesman in both the book and the movie. In the 1996 film adaptation of matilda, mrs wormwood was played by rhea perlman.
With danny devito, rhea perlman, mara wilson, embeth davidtz. Instead, he likes her brother better, just because mikes a boy. She is also the sister of michael, who does the same. Harold harry wormwood is the father of michael and matilda wormwood and the husband of zinnia wormwood.
He is a neglectful father who hates books and is an extremely dishonest businessman. Her parents do not recognize her great intelligence and show little interest in her, particularly her father, a secondhand car dealer who. Name section matilda comprehension questions chapters 1. In the movie matilda, hes played by danny devito who also directed the film, and did the films narration. See more ideas about wormwood, matilda costume, matilda broadway. He despises his only daughter and even tells miss trunchbull, the. When matilda s teacher, miss honey, comes to tell her parents that she thinks matilda could be brought up to university standard, mrs wormwood declares that looks are more important. If only they would read a little dickens or kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television. Maybe the best way to introduce a character like mr.
Matildas dad is the stereotypical sleazy car salesman, even putting sawdust in the oil so that the engine will burn out and they have to come back and buy a new car. Matilda wormwood is the titular protagonist of the book, film and musical of the same first name. Backstage at matilda with lesli margherita, episode 12. Hes described as a small rattylooking man whose front teeth are stuck underneath a. In fact, he might be a contender for worlds worst dad. Wormwood is an arrogant and ratty man, and he shows no interest in his daughter. In a small buckinghamshire village, matilda wormwood is a fiveandhalfyearold girl of unusual precocity, but she is often illtreated or neglected by her parents and older brother michael.
In the film, she is portrayed by mara wilson as a 6. Matilda chapters 46 summary and analysis gradesaver. If you had a heart attack this minute and had to call a doctor, that doctor would be a university graduate. Matilda wormwood is only five years old, but she is a genius. Wormwood, though successful, is a dishonest salesman who regularly fills his customers gearboxes with sawdust and turns back the mileage. Wormwood tore up the book because he was jealous that matilda could read and he couldnt. How old was matilda when she started going to the library by herself. Wormwood was based on a real life character from roald dahls home village of great missenden in buckinghamshire.