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Roald Dahl

Lessons from History

CHAPTER

The Confusion of Beatings in Roald Dahl's School

This chapter discusses the confusion surrounding the identity of the person responsible for beatings in Roald Dahl's school. It explores how Dahl may have combined two separate individuals into one in his writing and clarifies the actual headmaster responsible for the beatings. The chapter highlights Dahl's overall point that beatings were being inflicted by religious figures, which he found unacceptable.

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