Reading Journal

Title: The Hitchhiker
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Short Stories
Publication date: 1977
Rating: 2/5
I have read the handout.

Vocabulary words
Hodcarrier - a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plastere bricklayer, etc. Also called hodman.
Conjuror - a person who practises magic; sorcerer


What is the setting? When? Where? How important is the setting to the story?
What effect does it have?

The setting is on a road to London. It was around 1976-1977. That's because it was published in 1977 and the car he was driving was 1976 model and he said it was new and luxurios. It was important that the setting was on a road, but not that they were going to London. They could have been heading anywhere else. Without it being on a road he couldn't have been driving over the speed limit.