Lavender Brown (Matilda character)

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Lavender is a character in the novel Matilda by Roald Dahl. She is Matilda's best friend. She is around the same age as Matilda. She lives near a newt garden.

[edit] About

Lavender's skin tone is fair (brown in the movie). She goes to the same school as Matilda and is quite small for her age. She has long brown hair (black and curly in the movie). Lavender has once given a punishment to Miss Trunchbull.

[edit] Punishment to Miss Trunchbull

Lavender has once delivered some punishment to the Trunchbull. Midway through the book, Lavender is given the job of giving the Trunchbull water in her "famous" jugs. When Lavender gets home, she goes to the pond in her backyard and catches a newt - with great difficulty. The next day, as soon as lunch, Lavender fills the jug up with water and slips the newt in the jug. Matilda is blamed for it instead. Later in the book, Lavender is described as "feeling a bit guilty" by the author.