Where does James live in James and the Giant Peach?
New York City
Where did the Giant Peach land?
the Empire State Building
Where did Roald Dahl get the idea of James and the Giant Peach?
Buckinghamshire
Did a rhino really kill James parents?
Originally, In the book, the rhino is actually just a normal rhinoceros that had escaped from the London Zoo, though it nevertheless was responsible for killing James’ parents (with the book erroneously claiming it ate them).
Did James from James and the Giant Peach die?
James is actually dead before the movie begins, and he is fighting his way through the nine circles of hell (according to Dante’s Inferno). James knows he will never be truly happy there, and so he kills his “parents”. The rhino is just a symbol of James’s murderous act.
What does the old man give James?
Somehow, the old man knows that James is unhappy and gives James the crystals, which he claims will magically improve James’s life if ingested. He disappears just as mysteriously as he arrived after announcing that the crystals are made from crocodile’s tongues.
Why did Aunt Sponge want James to pick the peach?
When the peach grows to be huge, the first thing she wants to do is eat it, even though the peach is not hers. Later, Aunt Sponge wants to make money off the peach after Aunt Spiker says they should charge the townspeople money to see the peach. She is truly a selfish and spineless person.
What does James request to do with his aunts?
The novel picks up again three years later, and James is sadder and lonelier than ever. When he asks his aunts if they can take a trip to the seaside—where he lived with his parents—they threaten to punish him.
How does James feel about living with his aunts?
People sell James’s parents’ home and James moves in with his aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. James’s aunts are awful, selfish, and cruel. They beat James for no reason, call him names, and give him nothing and no one to play with. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker live in a house at the top of a hill.