Going Solo By Roald Dahl Analysis

In the story of ' 'Going Solo ' ', Roald Dahl meets many different, strange, and interesting people along with his journey during the setting of " The First Encounter of the Bandit" on pages 26-30, two characters from the story that Dahl vividly remembered was two men who went by the names of David Coke and Corporal. Both characters were a part of the same training camp. These two people in his life-telling story had been remembered in interesting ways in which they were compared in drastic ways. David and the Corporal were expressed in two dissimilar ways that lead to the chapter in which Roald felt about their personalities. In the story of "Going Solo", chapter " The First Encounter with a Bandit", Roald met a man that was known as the

Later on, in the story, Roald met a man that was named David Coke. David Coke had a " long but friendly face ' ', Roald described him when he had first seeing him tying his shoes. " Are things out here really as dicey as I 've been told? ' ' Roald asked Coke. "It 's absolutely hopeless … but we 're plugging on... ' David Coke responded. Roald could tell that he was not like the Corporal when he responded with a little sign of hope. Roald the began to add onto the conversation by him responding " I have never been in action in my life." As Roald described on page twenty-six, paragraph 12, "David Coke stared at me as though he were seeing a ghost. After Roald explaining and David still being shaken up, David had begun to worry. After not so much time that had past, Coke began to give advice to Dahl about what to expect and how to take care of the situation. Unlike the Corporal, David was willing to help Roald even if it seemed a bit hopeless. " As you seem to not know at all, I 'd better try to help you. What would you like to know? ' ' David asked. After taking in Cokes advice he went in action, everything that David Coke had said, really helped Dahl survive the battle. Unfortunately, David was killed in his hurricane plane. Roald later then found out that he had come from a very noble family and was to be the next Earl of Leicester, but not like any Earl Roald said. "He was warm hearted" Dahl described him. He was an