Based on the theme of journey in “Boy”, the text decribes the incredible beauty of Norway and several stories in section Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peter’s , Repton and Shell. The book also anecdotes about a child’s opinion which will make us smile or even laugh aloud and it is full of family love which we can see there are a lot of real life photos of Roald Dahl and his family. But Roald Dahl doesn't write this book only to tell about his childhood, but to make people award of the school system, and how it was to be a young boy in the old days.

The main issue in “Boy” is a time back when there were no computers or televisions, and when Roald Dahl wanted diversion, he needed to went outside and look for it, instead of sitting down in a chair or couch and waiting to be entertained by a box. This fact took Roald back to when he had to make his own adventures, an era that sounded like one of the most interesting stories to be generated. In addition, the book brings the readers the sense of a fantastic childhood, surrounded by family love, affection and well being besides telling the people the English school system in the old days.

To my view, the character which I dislike in “Boy” is the Math’s teacher who is irresponsible in his teaching career. He was a Math teacher but did not know anything about Maths and spent most of the time telling exciting stories that never had anything to do about Maths during his classes. In order that none of the other teachers discovered this, the teacher used to write out long equations on the board but never explained them to the class. Added to the above, I do not think many teachers today would approve of his teaching methods. This is just an irresponsible action and the attempts to cover his own weaknesses.

I learn from this book that live is tough, and not always fair. For example, how Captain Hardcastle gave Roald a stripe, accused him for something he didn't do ), but the spirit to enjoy the life and make the best of all despite the worse condition was, is really a very good example for all of us. This can be seen through how Roald’s father could do almost everything with only one hand, and how his mother could still very calm to take her little son to the hospital with the nose nearly completely cut off, and the way his mother supported Roald went to Africa, although he was her only son and there's no chance to visit each other for some years.