Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

By Roald Dahl

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.

His life situation

• Antagonist• Poor• Living off cabbage soup and bread• Dad loses job

Grandpa Joe

My favorite character• Even thought he’s old he is excited and

hopeful for Charlie.• Worked for Wonka• Bouncy

Veruca Salt

Probably the worst• Spoiled• Selfish• Obnoxious • Just plain old mean• Snobby• Rich

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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