Dahl and Rowling both grant the reader what he/she has always wished for since childhood. Simpler times and simple happiness.

I am my own Bruce Bogtrotter, and I am my own worst Trunchbull.

Wormwood, Rottwinkle, Bogtrotter, Trunchbull. Potter, Weasley, Malfoy, Dumbledore. The characters' names stir up notions of the very characters they represent. If only faces did the same thing, they'd save me so much trouble!