The 1 Minute Presentation
Creativity and Concept Development
The subject of my presentation was the story of the BFG, which should have gone a little something like this...
Sophie, an orphan has trouble sleeping and notices shadows outside the orphanage dormitory.
The window opens and she is kidnapped by a thin giant with massive ears.
She feels safe tucked into the giant's pocket as they seemingly fly over oceans to an unfamiliar country.
Sophie finds herself in a cave surrounded by shelves full of jars containing multi-coloured lights.
The jars contain dreams, the giant explains - He sends good dreams to good children and bad dreams are stored on the shelves out of harm's way.
The Big Friendly Giant is bullied by nasty, ugly giants who EAT children.
Scared Sophie tells him to give bad dreams to the bad giants and teach them a lesson.
Then, they both visit the Queen of England and have breakfast at the palace.
The sleeping giants, distracted by nightmares, are captured by the British Army.
They are confined to a pit and suffer putrid vegetables as punishment.
The End
(Due to an old car and bad weather, I didn't get chance to present this)
This is one of the first books I remember as a child - and as my daughter and I have very recently read this book together it now has even more of a special significance :)
