Jennifer Honey
Personality
Kind, sweet, caring, beautiful, helpful, encouraging, motherly, selfless, wise, loving
Family
- Magnus Honey (father; deceased)
- Mrs. Honey (mother; deceased)
- Matilda Wormwood (adoptive daughter)
- Agatha Trunchbull (step-aunt)
Occupation
Teacher (formerly)
Principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School
Reading: Jennifer Honey
Miss Jennifer Honey is a protagonist of the novel Matilda and the deuteragonist of its 1996 film adaptation. She is the daughter of Magnus Honey and the step-niece of Agatha Trunchbull.
background
Jennifer Honey was born to prominent doctor Magnus Honey and an nameless mother in 1967.
When Jennifer was two, her mother died of what is probably natural causes. Her beget needed person to take care of his immediately mother-less daughter while he was at work, and thus he called in his dead person wife ‘s half sister Agatha Trunchbull. Unknown to him, Trunchbull was very barbarous to his daughter behind his back, but put on a facade when he was approximately, and Jennifer was excessively frightened to tell her father the truth. What is worse for Miss Honey was when she was five when her forefather died ( the cause of which is nameless, but is thought to have been a suicide ), leaving her to be tortured by Trunchbull. Luckily, Jennifer was able to escape her arch aunt, living in a cover girl fiddling house. several years late, Miss Honey became a teacher at Crunchem Hall, which was where Miss Trunchbull became star at. While Miss Trunchbull unleashed a reign of terror on Crunchem Hall, Miss Honey was a well loved teacher towards all of her students. She became specially concerned in her new student Matilda Wormwood because of her fresh genius and love of books. She attempted to talk to Trunchbull and Matilda ‘s parents Harry and Zinnia Wormwood, but none of them were willing to listen. After Matilda pulled a prank on Trunchbull, she confided with Jennifer on her telekinesis, while Miss Honey told Matilda about her relationship between her and Miss Trunchbull.
Wanting to get back at Miss Trunchbull for what she did to Miss Honey, Matilda secretly formulated a plan to scare Trunchbull. To do this, Matilda used her powers to make Trunchbull think that Magnus ‘ touch was haunting her at the school, forcing her to give Miss Honey her house and inheritance from her father. This led to Trunchbull running screaming from the educate, never to be seen again. With Trunchbull gone, Miss Honey moved back into her father ‘s house. Matilda late became a even house guest to her. After Mr. Wormwood was exposed in his illegal car dealerships, he attempted to take Matilda with the pillow of the family. however, Matilda told them she did not want to leave and convinced them to sign the adoption papers that would leave Matilda in Miss Honey ‘s care, which they agreed to since they were n’t all that matter to in her. Miss Honey and Matilda then lived a very glad life together .
personality
Miss Jennifer Honey is a kind and affectionate person who, despite her past, is kind to her students and everyone around her. She notices Matilda ‘s endowment and tries to convey this to The Trunchbull and Matilda ‘s parents, despite their refusal to acknowledge this. besides, being able to sympathize with Matilda ‘s burden of living with a family that does not appreciate her, Miss Honey acts as an aroused support and a defender for Matilda .
Differences from the film and books
- Jennifer Honey becomes the new principal of Crunchem Hall in the film as opposed to Mr. Trilby in the book.
- She is wearing glasses in the book, but she did not usually wear glasses in the film: only once, when she multiplied 13×379 which she asked the class as a joke, but Matilda answered it.
trivium
- Miss Honey is similar to James Henry Trotter from James and the Giant Peach, since they are orphans and were both raised by cruel aunts.
- In the novel, Miss Honey wears glasses, but not in the film (except in one minor instance when she was trying to solve Matilda’s math problem of 13 times 379).
- She is inspired by, not to be confused with, the Richard Scarry character of the same name.