Man from the South

How I picture Carlos

In the story Man from the South by Road Dahl, Carlos is a foreign man that has a issue with bets. He only likes to bet on one thing, he offers a car or another very expensive object and he asks them to bet their finger. He ends up convincing a young British man to bet that his lighter has to light 10 times in a row without failing and he would give him a Cadillac but if he fails he would cut out a finger. When they were in the process of the bet Carlos wife comes in and tells them about how he has cut a lot of fingers and has lost many many cars. She apologized and the narrator gives her the car keys and he sees she only has three fingers. She explains that she vet with him to take everything away from him so he couldn't bet. He was betting her car. 

I think Road Dahl is this author that has a very special way to write his stories, we can see this story as an example because he uses a lot of characterization and imagery. I think the theme of this story is that you dont have to be naive and you have to think it over and over before you bet something or even someone.