Post on 25-Jan-2017
Roald Dahl
• Llandaff, Wales 13 September 1916• Only boy in a family of four.• Joined the RAF during WWII• Was a spy in America to gather support from the U.S.
Charlie Bucket
• Protagonist• Malnourished• Caring, charitable, nicest little boy you could
hope to meet.
Grandpa Joe
My favorite character• Even thought he’s old he is excited and
hopeful for Charlie.• Worked for Wonka• Bouncy
Not Unimportant
• Augustus Gloop Gluttonous eater• Violet Beauregarde Excessive gum chewer• Mike Teavee Television addict• The parents… Just as bad as their children
Background Information
• Charlie Bucket lives near Wonka’s chocolate factory.
• The family is terribly poor.• Seven people live together in their little shack.• Charlie always gets a bar of chocolate for his
birthday.• His dad loses his job at the toothpaste factory.
Wonka’s factory is opening!
• Five lucky children will be able to tour the factory and a life times supply of candy.
• Charlie finds the final golden ticket.
• Augustus Gloop gets sucked up the chocolate tube. • Violet Beauregarde blows up like a blueberry.• Veruca Salt falls down the garbage chute.• Mike Teavee sends himself by television.
The Factory
• Chocolate river and waterfall• Oompa Loompas• Shelling squirrels• Everlasting Gobbstoppers• Three coarse meal chewing gum• Television chocolate• Fizzy sodas
“Up and out!”
• The Great Glass Elevator• Charlie, Wonka, Grandpa Joe see the other
children and parents leaving the factory. • Off they go to the Bucket’s home.
“I’m giving it to you. That’s all right isn’t it?
• Charlie and his entire family can operate and live in the factory.
• Wonka’s final gift.• The family gets everything they have ever
deserved and so much more.
Where and When
• This book could take place in any time period, be it today or fifty years ago.
• It takes place in a city, at the very edge lies the Bucket’s home. Not far from there, is Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Every day Charlie walks by its gates and smells the chocolate.
Themes
• Be happy with what you have.
• Don’t pick up bad habits, like chewing gum all the time, or watching too much television.
• Honesty• Friendship• Family
8 out of 10
• Enjoyable and easy to read.• Imaginative story• Believable characters• Could have been longer
Social classes and its problems
• Disadvantages for lower income people for generations.
• Too much power in upper classes.• Violence between the two classes.- Division in the community
Sources
Web: www.roalddahl.com Book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dahl Roald,
Puffin Books, 1998 New York, New York.Web:
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