The Enormous Crocodile — Roald Dahl • Ages 5+

The Enormous Crocodile — Character Guide

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Character guide for The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl.

Main Characters

The Enormous Crocodile

Greedy, boastful and thoroughly unpleasant. He is defeated not by his lack of clever plans but by his arrogance — he tells everyone what he is going to do.

Trunky (the elephant)

The main animal opponent. Kind and protective of children, Trunky ultimately defeats the crocodile with his enormous strength.

The Other Animals

Muggle-Wump, the Roly-Poly Bird and Toto the hippo each foil one of the crocodile's plans. They represent community and cooperation.

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