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Come to think of it, this may explain quite a bit about his appeal among, well, innocent young children. Quite a few not-so-innocent ones, too.
All of this would also be following [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] pretty closely if most of his small heroes and heroines weren't themselves deliberately very average-looking. They're also in large part [[Aesop]]-proof—being already the shining heroes of the piece simply by first recognizing and then refusing to give into the nastiness around them. They succeed in foiling the bad guys by virtue of their already-innate goodness, intelligence, and/or resourcefulness. If you're starting to suspect [[Black and White Morality|that there were very few grey areas in Dahl's POV]], you're right.
One other trope that he often averts is [[Infant Immortality]], though mostly off screen - kids can be hurt, and even killed or eaten, though these are almost always [[Red Shirt]]s. Another, subtler trademark of Dahl's is his [[Author Appeal|love of nostalgia]] for his own childhood (with which he generally manages to avoid alienating his younger readers) and his great love of [[Food Porn]]. Almost all of the [[Happy Ending|happy endings]] in his work revolve, in some way, around food. Although many of them [[Bittersweet Ending|aren't exactly happy]].
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