Summer Vacation's Homework #5 -- Book Review

TOPIC:  A review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

 
The author is Roald Dahl, was born on 13th September 1916 and  passed away for 12 years. (What a surprise, He and I have  the same birthday day).  He was a British and one of the world's best selling authors.  He wrote some children's  book are well known for his style of  unexpected endings, with very dark humor.  His official website: http://www.roalddahl.com/

 

This story is about a young boy named Charlie Bucket born to a very poor family.  There are seven members in their family, including two pairs of grandparents, and Charlie's parents. Although his family was starving and penniless one, they live together happily.

One day Mr. Willy Wonka announced there are five gold tickets are hidden inside in the wrappers of the Wonda’s delicious chocolate bars.  The owners of ticket are invited to visit Mr. Willy Wnka’s chocolate factory which is the biggest of the chocolate’s  factory in the world.  And the winner of 5 children may get the big prize.  Charlie Bucket a lucky boy wins the fifth and final golden ticket.  He get a chance to visit Mr. Wonka’s factory and enjoys the magic unforgettable adventure.   Charlie the only child who has remained, so he has won the amazing prize.  He would be  the position of heir to Willy Wonka's factory. From now, Bucket Family was no longer having to worry about poverty.

Charlie Bucket is the most important protagonist of this story.  He is a kind heart, poor boy who lives with his mother and father and four bedridden grandparents. Unlike the other owner of Wonka ticket, He is giving, honest, good and sincere boy. One day, lucky Charlie pick upsome money on the sidewalk, and buys Wonka chocolate bars.  He is the last one of own the golden ticket. the second of which carries the fifth Golden Ticket.

Willy Wonka is the owner of a Wonda chocolate factory which is the biggest chocolate's factory all over the world.  Mr. Wonka sends five golden tickets and holds a contest.  The lucky one and the last of one will win his mysterious chocolate factory.  


Augustus Gloop is the first kid to find a Golden Ticket. He  is nine-year-old so enormously fat boy.  Eating is his bobby and that's all he is interested.  But this fat boy is the first child to be disappear from the tour.  When drinking from the Chocolate Room’s chocolate river, he falls into the river. 

Veruca Salt is a selfish girls and spoiled by her rich parents. When she ask everything from her family, her factory never says no to her.  When she ignore other suggestions, she insists to catch a trained squirrels.  She is sent into the garbage chute.  Her parents want to save her, However,  thy have been pushed into the same place.  All her family have the same fate.

Mike Teavee, he is always watching gangsters on television, although  his father is upset about  he has had enough of television.  Mike despite the Wonka advice, he uses TV Transmit equipment.  Eventually  he is shrunk in the process and is moved from the factory's tour.

Violet Beauregarde is a confident girl who chews gum all day.  She gets a meal gum and her skin becomes blue and purple while the gum tastes turn into dessert.   She is move from the test too, due to hes body swells and changes to an enormous blueberry. 

This book is an amazing and entertaining story.  The writer use his imaginative power and dressed up morality tale to construct this story. Charlies is such a good boy and wins the prize at the end.  Compare with Charlies, the writer giving those spoiled kids the most perfect  comeuppance. 

I think I will be a fan of Roald Dahl.  I know I am an adult, then, I wish I have a pure innocence heart and endless imagination like a kid.