The BFG Summary: Plot, Characters and Ending
In The BFG, an orphan named Sophie is carried away one night by a giant. Instead of eating her, he turns out to be the Big Friendly Giant, who blows good dreams into children's bedrooms. Together they come up with a plan to stop the other giants, who eat children, with the help of the Queen of England.
The BFG speaks his own jumbled, inventive version of English, full of made-up words.
| Character | Who they are |
|---|---|
| Sophie | Brave young orphan |
| The BFG | Big Friendly Giant who catches dreams |
| The Fleshlumpeater | Biggest of the man-eating giants |
| The Bloodbottler | Another child-eating giant |
| The Queen | Queen of England, who helps them |
How does Sophie meet the BFG?
Unable to sleep in the orphanage, Sophie looks out at the street in the middle of the night and sees a giant blowing something through windows. He sees her and carries her off to Giant Country so that she cannot tell anyone he exists.
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The BFG lives in a cave and eats only snozzcumbers, a disgusting vegetable, because he refuses to eat humans. He drinks frobscottle, a fizzy drink whose bubbles go down instead of up. He catches dreams in Dream Country and keeps them in jars. His neighbors are nine much bigger giants who bully him and gallop off each night to eat people around the world.
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Sophie wants to stop them. They mix a dream for the Queen of England, showing her the giants eating children and a girl and a giant at her window. The BFG blows it into her bedroom at Buckingham Palace. When the Queen wakes, Sophie is on her windowsill, and the Queen sees that the dream was true. The BFG has a giant breakfast at the palace.
↑ Back to the topHow does The BFG end?
The army flies helicopters to Giant Country, guided by the BFG. While the giants sleep, soldiers tie them up, and they are dropped into a huge pit, where they are fed only snozzcumbers. The BFG and Sophie live in houses built for them beside the palace. He learns to read and write properly, and the book hints that he wrote the story himself.
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