Matilda
Book • 1988 • Comedy
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Is there domestic violence?
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Not exactly, but Ms. Trunchbull’s attitude and muscular appearance are portrayed as masculine
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Matilda pranks her dad in a way that requires his hair to be cut off in patches. Another character is picked up by the hair and thrown
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A character is said to have “only broken a few bones” after being thrown out a window
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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An adult character wishes she could do this to her students
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Some images of Matilda as a baby
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Is religion discussed?
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Passing mention of people having prayer services in school
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Is there incarceration?
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The chokey
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Does a kid die?
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A kid thinks his dean has poisoned him with arsenic, but he's incorrect.
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Ms. Honey’s parents
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Technically, unknown. A man is suspected to have killed himself, but it's also possible that he was murdered.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Kids are punished by being locked in a closet.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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(SPOILERS) miss trunchbull faints because of "magnus" writing on the chalkboard
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Is someone held under water?
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Ms. Honey says her aunt did this to her
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Spoiler: Matilda ends up living with Ms. Honey at the end of the book. Her parents don’t stop her and are glad to be rid of her.
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Does someone die?
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The few deaths mentioned are from before the events of the book
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Meat
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Does it have a sad ending?
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While the Wormwood siblings do end up separated, it's mainly a happy ending.
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Children are brutally punished by the school dean, including overfeeding, being thrown, being picked up by the ears, etc.
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Are animals abused?
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A pet parrot is kept in a chimney for hours as a prank
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Miss Honey's father died and they suspect that it was murder or suicide.
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