Roald Dahl's Going Solo
The nonfiction novel Going Solo by Roald Dahl is an autobiography that tells the story of Dahl’s time in the Royal Air Force during World War II. “You cannot open a book without learning something” means that all books allow you to gain some knowledge on subjects that you did not know much about to begin with. The quote can be used to perfectly describe the information the reader learns from the novel. Going Solo was able to teach me lessons and provide me with ideas that I had never given much thought to before. Throughout the book I learned that things in life do not always go right and events can easily change from being an enjoyable situation to an unpleasant occurrence in a matter of seconds.
While I was reading Going Solo, I learned …show more content…
When something you are doing changes so fast, it is hard to be entirely ready to alter the actions you are performing. One situation Dahl uses to emphasize the point is the story of the Battle of Athens. When twelve pilots, one of which was Dahl, were flying their planes over Athens as a way to boost the morale of the Greek people, they were greeted by what they guessed to be nearly two hundred German planes. When the pilots returned to their camp they discovered they had lost five of their planes, leaving them with only seven in the entire country of Greece. This story emphasizes the knowledge that situations can easily go from good to bad by showing the reader that what had begun as a calm flight to reassure the people of Athens that all was well had quickly become a battle in the sky. While Dahl had used his plane to fight German planes when he had been performing his patrol duties, he had never been opposed by such a large number of enemies. Dahl had been able to witness what war could really be like if you were not completely prepared for everything that could possibly happen in a short span of time.
I believe the quote, “You cannot open a book without learning something,” is able to perfectly explain the information and knowledge I gained while reading
While I was reading Going Solo, I learned …show more content…
When something you are doing changes so fast, it is hard to be entirely ready to alter the actions you are performing. One situation Dahl uses to emphasize the point is the story of the Battle of Athens. When twelve pilots, one of which was Dahl, were flying their planes over Athens as a way to boost the morale of the Greek people, they were greeted by what they guessed to be nearly two hundred German planes. When the pilots returned to their camp they discovered they had lost five of their planes, leaving them with only seven in the entire country of Greece. This story emphasizes the knowledge that situations can easily go from good to bad by showing the reader that what had begun as a calm flight to reassure the people of Athens that all was well had quickly become a battle in the sky. While Dahl had used his plane to fight German planes when he had been performing his patrol duties, he had never been opposed by such a large number of enemies. Dahl had been able to witness what war could really be like if you were not completely prepared for everything that could possibly happen in a short span of time.
I believe the quote, “You cannot open a book without learning something,” is able to perfectly explain the information and knowledge I gained while reading