George's Marvelous Medicine

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It was as if she was shrinking, as she had to have a footstool to put her feet on, and her head only came halfway up the back of the armchair. Some of us,’ she said, ‘have magic powers that can twist the creatures of this earth into WONDROUS SHAPES. She feels ignored, and when she storms over to the Kranky's house to moan more about this, she drinks another potion that shrinks her into obscurity. They give the grandma another batch of the medicine and it makes her shrink to the point that no one can see the mean old grumpy lady. Whenever I see a live slug on a piece of lettuce,’ Grandma said, ‘I gobble it up quick before it crawls away.

This is something he regrets when he shrinks his grandmother so much that she disappears completely. The BFG takes her to Giant Country, where they eat snozzcumbers, go dream-catching, and stop the other giants from eating human beans. I gave up growing when I was extremely small, along with all the other nasty childish habits like laziness and disobedience and greed and sloppiness and untidiness and stupidity. George's dad is excited by George's newly discovered alchemy skills, because he can see a way in which they can be monetized. the old woman said, staring at George over the rim of the teacup with those bright wicked little eyes.

When his grandma tries the medicine, she immediately grows to an enormous size, thinking she is magical.

The result of Grandma actually taking George’s concoction is the point toward which the entire story has been moving. Some of us,’ she said, and all at once she was leaning forward in her chair and whispering in a throaty sort of voice George had never heard her use before.

The book ends as he contemplates what he has done and the way in which his spontaneous actions can have far reaching consequences. George's Marvelous Medicine study guide contains a biography of Roald Dahl, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

George is either a junior poisoner or a child defending himself from a wicked grandparent, depending on your perspective. Next Section Character List Previous Section About George's Marvelous Medicine How To Cite https://www. In fact she is quite cruel to George and delights in frightening him with tales of eating insects, which makes him wonder if she is a witch.Left with an ungrateful and rude grandma he decides to start a new medicine to make her less rude and mean.