Gender Identity in Roald Dahl’s Children’s Novels

Abstract

Gender identity is one's personal experience of one's own gender. All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis of the formation of a person's social identity in relation to other members of society. Roald Dahl was the world famous story teller of 20th century and also the beloved author of children’s books. Roald Dahl’s books for children ignite the imaginations of young and old alike, creating spectacular and wondrous worlds filled with simultaneous delight and terror, excitement and dread, as only the most profound tales and novels can. In the fabulous imaginary worlds Dahl creates children often interact with fantasy. Dahl’s stories often become the most philosophical. Malicious in Dahl’s book is not gender specific but exposed by the commanding adult characters.