Characteristics
Matilda has black hair in the novel (however in the film her hair is brown) and is small in size. In the film, she says she is six and a half, in the novel, she is five and a half when she starts school. She is described as sensible and quiet, and almost unaware of her intelligence, but, as Roald Dahl observed, if one talked to her about literature or mathematics, she would show the extent of her intelligence. However, her best friend, Lavender, sees her as gutsy and adventurous. She has the mental ability of telekinesis, the ability to move and levitate inanimate objects without having to physically touch them by mere thought.
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