James and the Giant Peach- Cause and Effect: Part One

English Standard 4.3.3


The story of James and the Giant Peach tells a tale of a lonely abused little boy who comes upon some great worth-wild experiences, all having to do with an abnormally large peach.

Cause- While outside one night, James meets an old wizard who gives James some magical glowing crystals. While running back inside, James drops the crystals and they sink into the soil beneath him.
Effect- The magical crystals sink into the soil by an old bare peach tree, which starts to grow a peach that reaches an abnormally large size.

Cause- The peach grows and grows to a size as big as James' house.
Effect- James' aunts, which whom he lives with, notice the peach and start to make money by selling tickets for people to come see the abnormally large fruit and lock James up in the house.

Cause- One night the aunts send James out to collect the trash from that day's vistors.
Effect- Seeing how lucious the fruit looked, James decided to try the it and built a tunnel all the way to the center of the peach.