Analysis: James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant peach starts with a cynical attitude and the reader is introduced to the depressing story of James who is an orphan living with two horrible aunts. James soon finds his life to be changed after dropping magic crystals into the ground. It seemed to be a common theme throughout the book that when something good would happen something bad would soon follow. Despite dropping the crystals their magic still worked and created a giant peach and giant insects. James and the insects traveled inside the peach all the way to New York. While making the journey all the way to America, they are faced with sharks, bad weather cloud men and other things that caused chaos and also friendship.